Castle Rackrent

Castle Rackrent / Maria Edgeworth; with an introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie

Stylish, sceptical, cosmopolitan, heir to Swift's fantasy and wit, Maria Edgeworth's fiction explores the relations of England and Ireland at a time of historical crisis. Castle Rackrent is Irish family history vividly and unreliably narrated by the loyal servant Thady, steward on the decaying Rackr

À Paris, un géant américain braque un joyau de l’industrie française : kidnapping, chantage, extorsion, meurtre. Le hold-up est presque parfait. Le gouvernement ne voit rien. Tout s’achète, et personne ne résiste à la menace. Sauf deux flics. Noria Ghozali, commandante au Renseignement intérie

1976 - 359 pgs

It is Germany near the end of World War II, the Allies have landed and members of the Vichy France government have been sequestered in a labyrinthine castle, replete with secret passages and subterranean hideaways. The group of 1,400 terrified officials, their wives, mistresses, flunkies, and Nazi "