ÉCRITURE

Catalogue Spring 2012 New titles

Document 2 Guides 11 Biographies 3-4 Animals 12 Illustrated book 4 Atlas 12 Thriller 5 Psychology 13 Young readers 5-6 Well-being 14 Novels 7-8 Spirituality 15 Poetic writing 9 Buddhism 15 Essay 9 Esotericism 16 Books of interviews 10 Forthcoming titles 16

Founded in 1991, our group publishes approximately 200 titles per year. Books appear under four imprints :

• L’ARCHIPEL (mainstream, both fiction and non-fiction) • PRESSES DU CHATELET (spirituality, health, self development) • ECRITURE (literary fiction and essays) • ARCHIPOCHE (massmarket paperback) Document The Wildenstein case (L’affaire Wildenstein : histoire d'une spoliation) Claude Dumont-Beghi In 2001, Daniel Wildenstein, wealthy art dealer and head of a fabulous collection, dies. In defiance of his final wish, Alec and Guy, his sons from a first marriage, persuade their stepmother Sylvia to give up their father’s inheritance. Without any chance of settlement, Claude Dumont-Beghi, Sylvia Wildenstein’s lawyer, access to justice in 2005, she obtains the cancellation of the waiver and the appointment of an expert. He finds out that the heirs have only declared to the Ministry of Finance 43 million, which represents 1% of the estate. Over a billion euros tax diversion. Did Guy Wildenstein, one of UMP’s contributors, hide the largest part of his fortune by transferring some of his paintings in trusts hosted in tax havens? The hunt begins. Despite risks, Mrs. Dumont-Beghi did not let it go. After Alec and Sylvia Wildenstein’s death in 2008 and 2010, Guy is the only one to be in the sights of justice. In 2011, the Ministry of Finance filed a complaint against him for tax evasion. In early October, a judicial investigation was opened at the Bar. Shameless plunder, betrayed wills, family quarrels, financial arrangements, money laundering, tax evasion, “lost” paintings discoveries... From art galleries to racing stables, from courts to front companies, this book is the story of this incredible fight.

- Claude Dumont-Beghi, the lawyer who uncovered the case, says all about her ten-year fight. - A total immersion into the shady world of tax havens and art dealers. - A long awaited, live issue document, with political ramifications. - One of the most explosive case of the last few years covered by the international press:

Tuesday 21 September, 2010

The Telegraph September 23, 2010 Wildenstein widow launches lawsuit against Sarkozy administration The widow of Daniel Wildenstein, one of the world’s greatest art dealers, has launched a criminal lawsuit Publication: March 2012 accusing French ministers of turning a blind eye to Pages: 240 alleged tax evasion. 2 Biographies Saint-Exupéry: A desire to live (Saint-Exupéry, la soif d'exister) Bernard Marck Postal hero, seducer, adventurer, Saint-Exupéry was one of the most gifted writers of the twentieth century. His friend Leon Werth said: “With him, everything is connected: maths, biology, poetry of spaces, a table board or a funny pub, his love for Pascal, card tricks.” Bernard Marck tells 36 first years of the short but bubbling and frenetic life of the pilot that General de Gaulle despaired to ever relate to the cause of , but also the self-taught writer often compared to Malraux and Conrad, who disappeared between sky and sea, on July 31st, 1944, off Marseille. The second volume is due Fall 2012 Publication: April 2012 - Pages: 576 - The first volume of a great biography, the result of over twenty years of investigation and exclusive interviews with dozens of witnesses and close ones to Saint Exupery: Jean-Gérard Fleury, Charles Bultel, Pierre Picard, Jean Macaigne, Helen Vogue, Françoise Giroud… - A rare documentation, extracted from many public and private archives (Saint-Exupery family, La Rocque, Latécoère, Air France, Bouilloux-Lafont, Winston Churchill...) - Bernard Marck’s reputation, biographer of great aviators and author of The Universal Aviation dictionary (Tallandier).

Simone Veil (Simone Veil ou la force de la conviction) Jocelyne Sauvard

“A historical figure who embodies the history of France”, François Mitterrand said about Simone Veil on March 18, 2010, the day after she entered l’Académie française, where she is the sixth woman to be admitted. Free and impetuous, demanding and collected, Simone Veil (born in 1927), former Health Minister responsible for the legalization of abortion, fights for justice and respect for each individual, but also for , which she embodies with passion. Beyond the exceptional figure, she is above all a woman. This biography reveals Simone Veil in the heart of a shattered century and unveils the life and freedom of a woman with a luminous fate. Publication: April 2012 - Pages: 320 3 Rousseau: Seven lives of a Visionary Man (Rousseau, les 7 vies d’un visionnaire) Valère-Marie Marchand

All at once writer, philosopher and musician, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (born June 28, 1712 in Geneva and died July 2, 1778 at Ermenonville) lived several lives into one. This biographical essay analyzes seven of his paradoxical lives. We will discover the lives of a good but wild child, a sedentary on the roads of exile, a hack who became an accomplished stylist, a spiritual father who was an absent father, a solitary man supportive of his contemporaries, a successful novelist and a visionary man. The hidden side of Rousseau, who preferred to be a “man of paradox” rather than a “man of prejudice”, is never where you think. From one paradox to an other, Valère-Marie Marchand shows how this unclassifiable man reborn from every previous existence and how he survived all the prejudices. Publication: April 2012 Pages: c. 360 Illustrated book (for young adults) Jean-Jacques Rousseau : Story of his Life (Il était une fois Jean-Jacques Rousseau) Rémy Hildebrand La Nouvelle Heloise, The Social Contract, Emile, Essay on the Origin of Languages...: Rousseau’s work is studied in class and in universities around the world. This book explores the life of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, his permanent quest for freedom of thought and his fight for a free conscience; the destiny of an apprentice engraver with an outstanding fate, precursor of religious, educational, legal and literary ideas. Different themes throughout the book (Rousseau and… music, botany, sentimental passions, writing, politics, religion, diplomacy...) show the diverse talents of the “Citizen of Geneva”.

Publication: April 2012 - Pages: c. 144 4 Thriller The mystery of Edwin Drood (Le mystère Edwin Drood) Charles Dickens A novel completed by Paul Maury The Mystery of Edwin Drood – the one and only suspense novel written by Charles Dickens – was left unfinished at his death in 1870. The story centers on the mysterious disappearance of young Edwin Drood, seemingly happy and supported by his uncle John Jasper, choirmaster at the Cathedral of Cloisterham, and supposed to marry the orphan Rosa Bud. Jasper leads the first investigation, but soon raises suspicions of the reader, as he lives a double life, opium addict in his spare time and in love with Rosa.... Dickens’s text ends with the appearance of a detective pretending to be called Datchery, who seems to disguise a character already known by the reader... For over a century, readers, writers and critics have tried to solve the riddle. A sequel is published in the in 1871, and another two years later in England, written “through a medium”. Several different endings have been proposed, including Dan Simmons. This edition includes the very satisfying ending of Belgian writer Paul Maury (first published in 1956), aka Paul Kinnet, author of numerous thrillers. Publication: April 2012 - Pages: 512 Young readers Karl (The Black Trilogy*) Martial Caroff Vaison-sur-Marne, a Paris dark suburb. Karl, a fellow flirting with crime, meets at the police station Ronan, son of a cop, a dreamer, ill at ease in the capital. His path crosses with Layla, the daughter of a Lebanese sculptor and a rich art dealer from Paris. Chance will bring these three in the streets of Vaison. Into a trap where they will face bullies, their lieutenants and a swarm of young devils... They will have only a few hours to get out. The Black Trilogy: Karl, Layla, Ronan. Three students from different backgrounds, three contrasted personalities that should have never met, will stick together, through the terrible events they will have to cross. Publication: March 2012 - Pages: 224 5 Burnt Night (Nuit brûlée) Dreams’ Skin** (La peau des rêves**)

BIT LIT Charlotte Bousquet In the ruins of the Sagrada Familia, Najma, a mysteriously gifted Gipsy, is the prisoner of Itzan’s clan. She uses the magic of her tattoos and tells stories, in order to gain time and delay her execution. But who is she? Why does she usurp the identity of the real target, Ximena, daughter of Itzan’s sworn enemy? Will the Chimeras discover the truth? Volume 2 The clan of the Passage - settled in a ruined former theatre - rules over the neighbourhood and fights against the Chimeras who venture there. Cléo, a dark teenager, sees her certainties falling apart the day when she discovers a strangely familiar tattoo on the wrist of the hybrid she is fighting. During her quest, she will face hatred, betrayal, but Publication: February 2012 most of all her own desire for the dark and handsome Axel. Pages: 240 The second volume of a five-volume saga.

King’s Water (L’eau du roi) Smelling like History** (Un parfum d’Histoire**) Béatrice Egemar After the story of Douceline, the daughter of an apothecary, caught in the turmoil of the Hundred Years War, here is her descendent, Jeanne, a gifted but spoiled child of a perfumer from Grasse, in South of France. Jeanne comes to work in Paris, at her uncle’s perfume shop, who provides for Madame de Montespan, mistress of King Louis XIV of France. The young woman discovers the intricacies of life in Versailles, where the most exquisite perfumes sometimes hide an ugly reality. Will Jeanne the provincial, with her beauty creams, her flower waters and her optimism, find success and love? This novel includes descriptions of life in Versailles, the Trianon of porcelain and its perfume cabinet, the luxurious bath cabinet, portraits of the king, the queen, the mistress, and many others. It describes how chocolate was made then, encompassing recipes for ancient cosmetics. Publication: April 2012 Pages: 208 6 Novels The Pacific Mermaid (La sirène du Pacifique) Jacqueline Monsigny

Océane, a young orphan, lives with her grandfather in New Caledonia, when the Battle of France breaks out in 1940. To celebrate her sixteenth birthday, the old man takes her to Hawaii where she finds love with a young American, Floyd Nelson. There, her life is turned upside down: the young woman witnesses the Missouri sink with 1,500 sailors on board, under the attack of three hundred Japanese planes pounding Pearl Harbor. She decides to enlist with the defenders of liberty. Océane will become a hero when participating in the revenge raid of Colonel Doolittle. Enrolled with health care workers, she shows extraordinary courage during the tragedy of Corregidor. After becoming famous, she sells bonds of war in Washington, and meets at the Barnum circus the seductive Lenny Paterson Zah. Somehow forgetting Floyd, lost in the “March of Death” in Bataan, Océane lives passionately her new love with Lenny. Here she is torn between the two men she loves. Pacific Mermaid is the story of Océane’s fighting, protected by the “golden eagles” of the Kanak legends from her childhood, reincarnated as strike aircraft... Publication: April 2012 - Pages: 308

The Master of Hautefort (Le maître de Hautefort) Jacqueline Monsigny Noémie Hautefort is not a farmer like other girls. In the mid- nineteenth century, this country girl can read, write, count and speak English. All thanks to her father, who sent her to a boarding school where she received the education commonly given to children of the aristocracy. This responsible woman, with strong character, is also beautiful and attractive. Including Jehan, the manager of the nearby castle, and Zacharie, the servant of Hautefort, all men are under her spell. Despite her success, Noémie will experience in her private life the grief of a mother, the jealousy of a wife and the torments of war. But even more violent, she will learn the unexpected and terrible consequences of passion... The first volume of a trilogy.

Publication: April 2012 - Pages: 608 7 Man is no God (L’homme pas Dieu) Frankito

As he leads the quiet life of an amateur seducer, Albert Guti, a young physics high school teacher in Guadeloupe, finds himself involved in a serial murder. He is then projected, in spite of himself, in a series of incredible and bloody adventures… Alas, as his late father said: “Man is no God”. In other words, no one can achieve what’s impossible ! Man is no God is a comic thriller, served by a powerful writing. It is also a portrait of Carribean society with its injustices and evils: traffic of illegal workers, soil pollution... Publication: March 2012 - Pages: 240

Some Smiles Fading Away (Des rires qui s’éteignent)

Philippe Lacoche During a session of autographs of his last book, the narrator learns that Clara, a young girl he once loved, died twenty years ago. He was thinking she was married and had had children. He is shocked… He sees her again, happy, flapper, she was a hippie during the seventies, with her friend Katia, who died as well, in a car accident. The narrator, shaken, wanders in the city, and ends up calling his friend Pierrot who knew them too. The two friends reconnect as they recall their memories. Parties. The love story between Clara and the narrator. Then his relationship with Katia. One day, a rude drunken sales representative brags about having “picked up” a young hitchhiker who he had an affair with. It was Clara. The narrator sees her again a little later, one night around 1980, much thinner, in a night club in Paris. That was the last time he saw her. The nostalgic novel of a generation, this one of rock’n’roll and free love, caught up with AIDS and fifties.

Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and lyricist, Philippe Lacoche – born in 1956 – has published about twenty books.

Publication: January 2012 Pages: 144 8 Poetic writing Africa Metamorphosis (Afrique des métamorphoses) Pierre Graziani Pierre Graziani, poet and chronicler, has been travelling through Africa and the Sahara since the 1970’s. In November 1980, as he is invited to the celebration of the independence of Guinea, he decides to live with the Dogons, in Goa and Niamey in Niger, from where he crosses the Sahara again. In 1982, he stays in Kenya, especially around the Turk Ana Lake, as he receives a grant from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then he travels to Rwanda, to Burundi, to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and finally to Gabon, where he is now living. His trips through Africa are the material of these notebooks, sensually written, and where the words give life to a voluptuous continent. The facts that have been seen, heard or felt are illustrated by drafts directly taken from the personal notebook of the author. Publication: January 2012 Pages: 272 Essay Faustus’ Temptation (La Tentation de Faust) Michel Faucheux If political and religious authorities have obstructed science over the centuries, science itself has also sided with power until it betrayed its own ideals - it has gone astray. Did modern science change its trajectory after the industrial revolution? As it became a technoscience, it started serving undertakings of industrial destruction. However, does not it aim at an artificial reinvention of the world? Technoscience, as a limitless engineering of reality, is nowadays built on an implicit resignation that wants to reinvent the human being. This book is act of faith towards science, while being a warning against its corruption. Through two major themes – science and authority, science and power - the author wishes to give science its humanist ideal back. Publication: February PhD Michel Faucheux is a docent at the INSA (National 2012 Institute of Applied Sciences). He does research on Pages: 264 interactions between literary and sciences of communication. 9 Interviews Investigator of History. Interviews with Yves Bruley (Détective de l’histoire. Entretiens avec Yves Bruley) Jean Tulard Jean Tulard – the most famous French historian –, in the course of these interviews with a young historian, his former student at la Sorbonne, gets back to his childhood, his readings, his studies, his scholar career, his activity as a member of the Académie française. In a second part, he asks himself about the position of a historian: his methods must be rigorous, his objectivity – he speaks of a “cold look” – must not leave off a certain passion. Here he sings the praise of the positivist school, based on the cult of the document. But Jean Tulard did not stay locked in his own speciality: he was also the historical advisor at the Opéra de Paris, a member of the Cinémathèque française board of directors, and a columnist at Valeurs actuelles, a French weekly newspaper. Publication: February 2012 - Pages: 336

Cinema in the Blood. Interviews with Noël Simsolo (Le cinéma dans le sang. Entretiens avec Noël Simsolo) by Bertrand Tavernier

Publication: November 2011 Pages: 312

Free Spirit. Interviews with Bernard Cohn (L’esprit libre. Entretiens avec Bernard Cohn) by Jean-Claude Carrière

Publication: September 2011 Pages: 312

I go forward with a mask. Interviews with Michel Martin-Roland (Je m’avance masqué. Entretiens avec Michel Martin-Roland) by Michel Tournier

Publication: October 2011 Pages: 216 10 Guides CSI: A Guide for Addicts (Les Experts, le guide du série-addict) Bénédicte Méneroud

“CSI” follows Las Vegas night criminalists. Gil Grissom (William Patersen) and his team of brilliant investigators drag us into their dazzling investigations. The series, which received many awards many times since its 2001 debut, has given birth to two spin-offs: “CSI: Miami” and “CSI: NY”.

Publication: February 2012 - Pages: 144

Desperate Housewives: A Guide for Addicts (Desperate Housewives, le guide du série-addict)

Frank Woodbridge “Desperate Housewives” takes place in Wisteria Lane, a small residential neighbourhood of Fairview. Although it looks classy and quiet, it actually hosts the hardships of five unusual women. This show – a huge success throughout the world – has been awarded with three Golden Globes and nominated to the Emmy Awards fifteen times. Publication: February 2012 - Pages: 144 - 8-page photo section

Glee: A Guide for Addicts Vampire Diaries: A Guide for Addicts Jessica Blum Karine Sancho

“Glee” takes place in the In “Vampire Diaries”, William McKinley High School Elena Gilbert, 17 year- of Lima (Ohio). Will Schuester old, is fascinated by (Matthew Morrison), a Spanish Stefan and Daemon, two teacher, is in charge of the Glee brothers who are Club. vampires.

Publication: December 2011 - Pages: 112 Publication: December 2011 - Pages: 128 8-page photo section 8-page photo section

These guides offer a detailed analysis of the series for fans including: the hidden signification of the titles of some episodes, closely watched scenes, cult dialogues, juicy details and totally new anecdotes, but also actors’ filmography and a selection of by-products for aficionados. 11 Animals Cat shrink (Psy chat) Odette Eylat Some people love this soft, discreet, affectionate and aristocratic animal; others feel a phobic and irrational aversion towards them. The cat draws us irresistibly or makes us flee. Welcoming home an animal is not an innocent act. What is our relationship with a cat really made of? When we talk about a cat, we often think of the words fascination, mystery, telepathy, metamorphosis. Odette Eylat “psycho-analyzed” cat owners: children, artists, lonely women, young couples... By choosing the cat, we express our desire to escape loneliness, but also bad company... The cat symbolizes our desire for harmony, fusion. Whether we like it or not, it builds a new umbilical cord since the original was cut. And indeed, the cat has a female, motherly way about it. Hating cats is to admit your own misogyny. The cat helps Publication: April 2012 us discover our true self. Pages: c. 256 Atlas Geostrategic Atlas Of The Contemporary Mediteranean Sea Pierre Vallaud The Mediterranean Sea, which has been “the centre of the world” for centuries, still remains today one of the major zone of conflicts of the planet. It is an essential thoroughfare, close to the main gas and oil-producing areas, a contact line between North and South, but also between East and West, gathering many contradictions of the world. The “Arab spring” happening on its shores, the European crisis, more specifically in Greece, give to this geopolitical space a renewed role. The stability of this area at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia depends on its capacity to handle a new political order and to reorganize a harmonious international cooperation. This atlas shows and analyzes the major dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea. Questions are tackled either thematically or through the analysis of the situation of each country, illustrated by documents and several original maps. Publication: February 2012 - Pages: 136 12 Psychology Discovering your Child through his Drawings (La découverte de votre enfant par le dessin) Roseline Davido “Here are a sheet of paper and some pencils: let’s draw.” Thanks to these words, you have introduced your children into a world of shapes and colours. It is a strange world, actually, where reality and imagination get together, as well as objects and landscapes, real and marvellous animals, daily family gestures. It is a puzzling language, however revealing all the richness and complexity of a child’s inner world. It does not matter how awkward it can be, a child’s drawing often entertains, and always moves. It expresses the joy of living, but also the desires and fears of its author. This language is heavily meaningful and loaded with symbols. You need to know how to interpret it. Subjects, design, strokes, colours: so many elements that an experimented and attentive look will be able to read while linking it to the child’s life. Publication: January 2012 - Pages: 272 This guide had 4 different editions since its first publication in 1971. Previous editions was published in Brazil (Artenova, 1972), Japan (Kinokuniya, 1988), Rumania (Imago), Spain (Sirio, 2003), Czech Republic (Portal, 2001), China (Zhejiang Education Publishing House, 2007), Russia (Popuri Publishers). Rights of this edition have been sold in Indonesia (Penerbit Salemba).

Lying… to live better together? (Mentir… pour mieux vivre ensemble ?) Pascal Neveu Lying is universal and it is a part of our lives. The child learns it very early; even animals know how to use it. With our children, our boss, within our couple, we lie for different reasons: we lie to avoid telling the truth, to hide it, we lie by omission, to maintain (or not to lose) a friendship… We are at the same time actors and victims/accomplices of our lies. This book, which neither demonizes nor promotes the lie, leads us to think about what is honesty. For what is the truth? Who holds the truth? What is the relationship between the lie and our Self? At what moment do we stop distinguishing reality and lying? Publication: March 2012 - Pages: c. 224 13 Well-being Real Powers of Bach Flowers (Les vrais pouvoirs des fleurs de Bach) Flavia Mazelin-Salvi

Just like homeopathy, flower remedies, used since 1930, offer a global therapy for the individual. The flowers essential oils are made out of water and sun soaked plants. According to Dr Edward Bach, a homeopath doctor practicing the medicine of the Body and the Soul, their use soothes emotional states summed up by seven main feelings: fear, uncertainty, absent- mindedness, loneliness, hypersensitivity, discouragement and worry. The author invites us to discover the power of these floral elixirs, why and how these flowers can act upon our emotions.

Flavia Mazelin Salvi is a journalist specialized in psychology. She’s studied and practiced Zen for over 15 years. Publication: February 2012 Pages: 240 Secret powers of crystals (Le pouvoir secret des cristaux) Patrick Drouot

For millenniums, crystals and precious stones have been used for therapeutic purposes. It is known that some stones mimic the effects found in terrestrial or sacred places. Today, we have a better understanding of their power and we can use them more effectively. The range of action of the crystals is very large. They can help us increase our well-being, maintain our health, boost our creativity, enhance our dreams... This book details all ways to use crystals, from ancient traditions to the most recent discoveries of crystal-masters. The author shares his long experience in this field and offers advice enabling readers to use crystals to improve their daily lives.

Born in 1945, Patrick Drouot, is a physicist graduate from Publication: April 2012 Columbia University of New York. Specialist in states of Pages: c. 192 expansion of consciousness, he is the author of several bestsellers. 14 Spirituality Guardian Angels, Healing Angels (Anges gardiens, anges guérisseurs) (including a silver medal of Archangel Gabriel) Pierre Ripert They have been around since religions exist. Archangels, cherubim, seraphim, angels or celestial beings, they are the mediators between God and men. There are angels in the Bible, the Koran, in the distant beliefs of the Chaldeans, Egyptians... Everyone has a guardian angel, an attentive and discreet protector; everyone can have his healing angels to help him overcome pain, physical and moral. If you learn to listen to them, the angels will guide you with intuition, premonitions, and spontaneous gestures... You will learn how to identify your angels (guardians and healers), how to invoke them for their support and protection, how to increase their power through the use of gems and medicinal plants. With these angels, you can regain confidence, energy and serenity Publication: April 2012 to live better and carry out your destiny. Pages: 312 By the same author: Miraculous Power of Virgin Mary and Saint’s Medals Buddhism Looking for the Fifteenth Dalai Lama (À la recherche du quinzième dalaï lama) Gilles van Grasdorff March 10th, 2011, on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan people upheaval, His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso announced his political withdrawal. What does this decision, that surprised even Beijing, hide? August 8th, 2011, 9 seconds past 9 p.m., Prime minister Lobsang Sangye takes an oath before the Assemble of the exiled Tibetan people. What are the reasons of this nomination? Why choosing this date, this symbolic hour? May this be the end of an era? As a great specialist of Tibet, Gilles Van Grasdorff gives the answers to all the questions the world of Buddhism, from Asia to the West, asks. The author, through a tale full of totally new information and anecdotes, gathers stunning precise details about the appointment of the fifteenth Dalai Lama. The book, tainted Publication: February 2012 with the Tibetan myth, invites the reader to ask himself about the Pages: 384 future of a threatened civilization. 15 Esotericism The Angel’s Book (Le livre de l’ange)

Mario Mercier

Every night, an Angel comes and awakes me… And there he is, whispering in his Angel’s language, which is the one of pure thinking: “Wake up and write. I have so many things to reveal to you…” This book is the one of inspiration and angelic dictation; the author was only - as he says himself - the marvelled scribe of his divine encounter. Between initiation and dreaming, the Angel unveils his serene truth: the one of our heart. Therefore, over the pages, according to the late-night conversations, the veil is lifted on an inner sun, the source of our own light. And the Angel tells us what is to be found: love, beauty, the delight to be alive, the secret power of the being…

Publication: January 2012 Initiated into shamanism, Mario Mercier is a writer, poet and Pages: 160 visionary painter. He has published over twenty books in which he talks about his encounter with Nature, his spiritual experience and shamanism.

Forthcoming titles May and June 2012 Thriller The Rings of Shame (Les anneaux de la honte) by François Thomazeau Novels The Lady of the Grove (La Dame du bocage) by Jacqueline Monsigny (part 2 of a trilogy) Young readers Black Sapphire (Noir saphir) - The White Death Chronicles** by Nicolas Cluzeau Zigomette’s Adventures (Les z’aventures de Zigomette) by Penelope Pastel Well-being The Virtues of Clay (Les vertus de l’argile) by Bernard Baudouin Esotericism I Communicate with the Dead (Je communique avec les défunts) by Alain Joseph Bellet

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