Léa Wiazemsky

Nascido em uma família burguesa, Henri Grouès foi um combatente da Resistência, membro do parlamento, defensor dos sem-teto, revolucionário e iconoclasta. Dos bancos da Assembleia Nacional às favelas dos subúrbios de Paris, seu compromisso com os mais vulneráveis lhe rendeu renome internacional. No entanto, todos os dias, ele duvidava de suas ações. Sua vida íntima era desconhecida e pouco crível. Indignado com a pobreza, a desigualdade e a injustiça, frequentemente criticado, às vezes traído, Henri Grouès viveu mil vidas e lutou mil batalhas. Ele deixou sua marca na história com o nome que escolheu para si mesmo: Abbé Pierre.

The story centres on Sylvie, a nearly sixty-year-old woman who has fallen in love with Michel, a thug she marries in prison. The two of them dream of starting again with a clean slate by opening a flower shop. But Sylvie’s son Abel, convinced that Michel will fall into a life of crime, disapproves of this relationship…

Jérôme has killed Driss, of Moroccan ancestry, who used to be his best friend. Is it an accident, a drama caused by jealousy or a racist murder? The story of Jérôme's long drift is discovered as the police carry out its investigation.

Hired to oversee the security of a superstore, Pierre soon discovers a dark secret and becomes a threat to the system he helped create.

Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is forced onto the adventure. Their investigation will put them on the trail of a mysterious scientist who holds the secret to eternal youth...

Após um trágico acidente de carro e a perda do bebê que ela estava esperando, Betty procura consolo em um novo emprego, cuidando de um garoto cego em uma casa na montanha. Sua esperança de um novo começo se transforma em um pesadelo quando ela descobre os segredos sombrios que estão nos Alpes.

Desperate to break free from the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a ramshackle people-smuggling trawler to France. But when the boat is raided by police, Elias leaps into the ocean, eventually finding himself washed up on a Mediterranean beach resort called Eden. So begins Elias odyssesy across Western Europe to Paris, where wondrous promise, helpful new friends and perilous dangers await him every step of the way.

Jeanne Poisson, the headstrong, ambitious, witty and erudite, catches the eye and heart of French King Louis XV at a costumed ball. She masters the art of seduction well enough to become accepted even by the Queen, corpulent mother of ten. As a sensibly chosen Royal 'favorite' mistress she is soon ennobled Marquise of Pompadour to facilitate her introduction at court. The immature dauphin (crown prince) proves a bitter and unrelenting enemy, joined by his imposed Saxon bride, and his sister at her deathbed. Although friends at court help Pompadour return, her health gives way.

A French couple has been living in Lisbon for years, and they return to Paris for a friend's wedding. They announce to another friend they are having dinner with that they are going to split.