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"La Tulipe noire" est un des romans les plus connus d'Alexandre Dumas. On y trouve tous les thèmes chers à l'auteur : l'aventure, le courage, la grande histoire qui se mêle à la petite... Pourtant ici, Cornélius van Baerle n'a pas d'ambition militaire ou sociale, il veut avant tout créer et faire pousser une tulipe noire. Hélas, ses projets seront contrariés car notre héros n'est autre que le neveu du chef de l'État hollandais, Corneille de Witt, qui vient d'être renversé.

La Tulipe noire est un roman issu de la collaboration entre Alexandre Dumas et Auguste Maquet, paru en 1850. En 1672, le peuple de Hollande renverse la république des frères Jean et Corneille de Witt pour rétablir le stathouderat et le confier à Guillaume III d'Orange-Nassau. Indifférent à ces événements politiques, le filleul de Corneille de Witt, Cornélius van Baerle, ne songe qu'à confectionner une tulipe noire, pour laquelle la Société Horticole de Haarlem a promis une récompense de cent mille florins (voir " tulipomanie ").

Faussement accusé de conspiration, le sympathique Cornélius Van Baerle est en prison. Grand amateur de tulipes, il pense avoir découvert le secret de cette merveille : "la tulipe noire". Mais un rival sans scrupules essaie de lui voler sa découverte : heureusement, Rosa, sa jolie geôlière, intervient.

Un cosy crime dans l'univers des Trois Mousquetaires ! Paris 1624. La jeune Aude de Mantégnac a rendez-vous avec la propriétaire d'un magasin d'un genre nouveau : une boutique de thés. Mais derrière les feuilles et les odeurs enivrantes de cette plante qui vient d'arriver en France, se cache une femme intrigante, capable de résoudre les mystères les plus épineux, et qui utilise le pseudonyme de Milady. C'est cette femme que Aude vient rencontrer afin de lever le voile sur des apparitions étranges qui troublent la quiétude du château familial.

I refused my legacy, but my destiny doesn't want to take no for an answer. The plan seemed simple. Run away from home. Go to college. Pretend I wasn't raised to control silver with magic, dance around a fire under a full moon, or guard the barriers between lupines and clueless humans. And for a while, it was that simple. Then, Tobias Somfield had to walk into that alley and into my life, with his English swagger and his sorrowful tale of woe. Sure, the lone werewolf may have come to my rescue, but that doesn't mean I owe him anything, right?

Can your name decide your fate? I was named after Gerwalta Faust, and if that means nothing to you, then you don't know the real story of Little Red Riding Hood. It is my birthright to lead the House of Red, my destiny to be the next Grand Matron of all hoods. But as the namesake of the Betrayer, am I also doomed to repeat her crimes?

Viscount August Greyson is a rogue. What else would you call a man who's offered such an exchange? Maeve O'Connor's time for the purposes of his pleasure, each visit twice as long as the one before, all in lieu of rents due as his tenant. Moments grow to minutes, and soon, August isn't certain how much time with Maeve could ever be considered enough. All he wants, and all that he cannot have, is her. Should he declare himself knowing that their union has no hope, or only partake of her body whilst he can?

Riona Dade's taste in men has never been great. Example 1: Her ex, Jerry, who turned out to be a demon stalking her on behalf of the devil. You can't get much worse than that, right? Unless you're a witch who's falling in love with a priest, probably not.

The Global Alliance for Intelligent Arbitration (a.k.a. GAIA) was meant to steer mankind away from real-world warfare, giving nations a VR platform where both diplomacy and combat could be conducted without further harm to the planet or themselves. What it's also done, however, is give Omala's ex, Rex, a robust system he can copy, dress up, and monetize. If she wants to preserve her legacy for their daughter, Omala will have to step up to the battle prepared. All that stands between her and victory is Rex's new wife, the devious Johanna Tieg.