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Depuis l'âge de quatre ans, Petite Fleur se fait bander les pieds par sa mère. Si elle supporte la douleur, c'est pour avoir des lotus d'or parfaits, des pieds de dix centimètres, qui lui assureraient un mariage respectable malgré la pauvreté de sa famille. Mais à la mort de son père, Petite Fleur est vendue comme muizai à la riche famille Fong et devient la suivante de Linjing, une petite fille gâtée et cruelle.

1918. À 16 ans, Jezebel Tyler, orpheline issue de l'aristocratie anglaise, part aux Indes rejoindre son tuteur, un archéologue de renom. Ce dernier compte la marier au baron von Rosenheim, qui financera en échange ses recherches liées à une cité disparue. À bord du luxueux paquebot qui la mène à Calcutta, Jezebel se lie avec Olga Obolenski, duchesse russe fantasque, qui lui enseigne les usages du monde, tout en l'encourageant à prendre en main sa destinée. Durant la traversée, elle fait aussi connaissance de Jan Lukas, un aventurier dont le charme la subjugue.

Une saga envoûtante, dans la lignée des grands romans de Sarah Lark et Tamara McKinley. Après s'être enfin retrouvés en Inde, Jezebel, jeune orpheline qui avait été contrainte de quitter l'Angleterre, et Jan Lukas, un bel aventurier, décident de concrétiser leur amour en annonçant un grand mariage.

To the rest of the world, he was the little boy who went missing on the Fourth of July. But to Sydney Neville, he was everything. Her heart hasn't been the same since her best friend disappeared, but she's learned to build her life around that missing piece. Twenty-two years later, the last thing Sydney expects is for Oliver Lynch to return. Having been captive underground for decades, he's unfamiliar with the strange new world that awaits him—but he's alive. He's here. And no matter how he's changed, he and Sydney both still feel the connection that runs between them.

The text called the “Seven-Line Prayer” is said to contain the most sacred and important teachings of the Nyingma school and is recited daily by many Tibetan Buddhists. White Lotus unlocks the secret of the prayer and explains its meaning on many levels. The author, Jamgön Mipham, was a celebrated nineteenth-century scholar who was known for his prolific, lucid, and original writings on many subjects, including science, medicine, and philosophy—in addition to Tibetan Buddhist practice and theory.

Malini has claimed her rightful throne as the empress of Parijatdvipa, just as the nameless gods prophesied. Now, in order to gain the support of the priesthood who remain loyal to the fallen emperor, she must consider a terrible bargain: Claim her throne and burn in order to seal her legacy-or find another willing to take her place on the pyre.

THE CAPTIVATING, HEART-RENDING STORY OF TWO WOMEN IN 1800S CHINA 'Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'Mesmerising. Jane Yang masterfully creates this 19th...