“A second brilliant bauble, perhaps more foreboding and terrifying than The Ruby in the Smoke.” –Publisher's WeeklyWill the sea give up its dead?The year is 1878, and the spirited Sally Lockhart, once again defying Victorian sensibilities, has gone into business for herself. When one of her clients loses a large sum …
Description (from PBS): Orphan Sally Lockhart (Billie Piper), schooled by her late father in shooting, bookkeeping and Hindustani, puts all her spunk and savvy to use inquiring into her father's mysterious death. A cryptic letter advising her to beware of the "Seven Blessings" starts Lockhart down a harrowing path …
The Firework-Maker's Daughter is a short children's novel by Philip Pullman. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Doubleday in 1995. The first UK edition was illustrated by Nick Harris; a subsequent edition published in the United States was illustrated by S. Saelig Gallagher. Pullman originally wrote the …
Lyra et les Oiseaux est un tome supplémentaire de la trilogie À la croisée des mondes de Philip Pullman paru en 2003. Le roman est difficile à comprendre pour qui n'a pas lu la trilogie À la croisée des mondes car de nombreux thèmes ainsi que les personnages principaux sont tirés de la trilogie. Ce qui ne l'empêche …