Dans le Paris des annees 1830, un jeune dandy inconstant, en perpetuelle contradiction avec lui-meme, tombe fou amoureux de deux femmes. Si la riche marquise de Parnes et la modeste madame Delaunay se ressemblent, leur condition les separe. L’une est une aristocrate, mariee, reine de son domaine huppe de la Chaussee d’Antin....

1889. The Scottish Play is coming home. But before the darling couple of London theatre, Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, take their acclaimed Macbeth to the Edinburgh stage terror treads the boards. A grisly message found smeared across the cobbles in blood, foretelling someone\"s demise....

New Year\"s Day, 1889. In Edinburgh\"s lunatic asylum, a patient escapes as a nurse lays dying. Leading the manhunt are legendary local Detective \"Nine-Nails\" McGray and Londoner-in-exile Inspector Ian Frey. Before the murder, the suspect was heard in whispered conversation with a fellow patient - a girl who had been mute for years....

Describing his collection of Essays as ‘a book consubstantial with its author’, Montaigne identified both the power and the charm of a work which introduces us to one of the most attractive figures in European literature....

Edinburgh, 1888. A violinist is murdered in his home. The dead virtuoso\"s maid swears she heard three musicians playing in the night. But with only one body in the locked practice room - and no way in or out - the case makes no sense....

The Devil Has Come to Edinburgh... An ill-fated grave-robbery unearths a corpse with a most disturbing symbol on it. When a patient in Edinburgh\"s lunatic asylum is murdered, the same sign is daubed in blood on the walls - the mark of the devil. The prime suspect: inmate Amy McGray, notorious for killing her parents years before....

A timely and practical guide that helps senior managers design successful strategic partnerships Strategic alliances are increasingly common among modern corporations and a hot topic in today\"s business schools....

In a world where we\"re more connected than ever, why is it that we\"re also more lonely? Dip into this anthology of classic writing to reclaim the pleasure of your own company. Part of the Macmillan Collector\"s Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover....

Lockdown has been hard on relationships. Put your relationship first in 2021 with this powerful and nuanced guide to new ways of learning to live - and love - together. Living together can be a struggle. Children grow up, jobs change and the things that used to make us happy don\"t necessarily work anymore. Relationships can lose their shine....

The Scottish Highlands, 1889. When a young heir receives a sinister death threat, Inspectors Frey and \"Nine-Nails\" McGray answer a desperate plea to offer him protection. The detectives travel north to the remote and misty Loch Maree, site of an ancient burial ground....

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them....

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech....

\\\"Lorenzo: Tu me demandes pourquoi je tue Alexandre? Songes-tu que ce meurtre, c\"est tout ce qui me reste de ma vertu ? Si tu honores en moi quelque chose, toi qui me parles, c\"est mon meurtre que tu honores, peut-etre justement parce que tu ne le ferais pas....

Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания (издательство "Leyden, J. Doreav", 1602 год), созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания....

Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания (издательство "London, Reeves and Turner", 1877 год), созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания....