
Bonaparte has been in power for a few weeks. France and England are at war. From the Ile de France, now Mauritius, Surcouf is devastating the business of the East India Company. Despite this, France prides itself on being the republic of scientists, and England is proud not to wage war on science. Therefore, when Bonaparte sends a naval scientific expedition, commanded by Captain Baudin, to explore and map the coasts of the faraway New Holland, the future Australia, England favours this journey. But it does not fail to send its own expedition in pursuit of him, commanded by Captain Matthew Flinders.
The trilogy Terre Australe, of which ” Un jour, ce sera nous ” is the first volume, tells this extraordinary true story: in the Paris of the Directoire and the Consulate, in London, in the Sydney penitentiary colony, in Le Havre, aboard Surcouf’s privateer ship in the middle of the Indian Ocean, spying, boarding enemy ships, a naval adventure, a human adventure, a scientific adventure and an artistic adventure.
Hamish Macbeth
Pleasant confinement reading: the excellent Hamish Macbeth series, by M. C. Beaton. I have chosen to illustrate here the second volume, Death of a cad, but the whole series is excellent. These are wodunit, Agatha Christie style crime novels. A murder, suspects in a closed environment, the investigation and the deductions of an unlikely detective.
100% royalties from the novel Terre Australe to the victims of the fires in Australia
Throughout the year 2020, Patrick Llewellyn will donate 100% of his royalties from the historical novel Terre Australe to the victims of the dreadful fires in Australia. Beneficiaries The entire royalties, i.e. 2.84 euros per paper book and 2.13 euros per ebook will be donated to three organizations: the Australian Red Cross for families who
Read moreThe trailer of Terre Australe
I proudly invite you to discover the trailer (in French) of my novel Terre Australe. It was created by Kim Nguyên-Duy with the help of Fanny Cairon. I think they did such an excellent job. What do you think?
Read moreFalco, by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Falco, by Arturo Perez-Reverte There was Alatriste. There is now Falco. The new recurring character of Perez-Reverte. A Francoist secret service agent during the Spanish Civil War. Yes, yes, Francoist. Not republican, not “Hemmingwayian”, not a hero of pure revolutionary romanticism. A hero like Perez-Reverte loves them, neither enfeoffed, mystical nor fanatical. A hero placed
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