Tracy Chevalier

Londres, janvier 1901 : la reine Victoria vient de mourir. Comme la coutume l'impose, les familles se rendent au cimetière. Leurs tombes étaient mitoyennes, les Waterhouse et les Coleman font connaissance et leurs petites filles se lient immédiatement d'amitié. Pourtant, les familles n'ont pas grand chose en commun. …

Mary Anning was facinated by fossils from an early age, realising she could sell them to the gentry who had become avid collectors. She was often ripped off by the buyers and derided by scientists but was rescued by Elizabeth Philpot and their unlikely friendship would take strange twists as the importance of these …

The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. Honor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America. Opposed to the slavery that defines and divides the country, she finds her principles tested to the limit when a …