Archive for August, 2014

France on the Brink release day today

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Today is the official

release day of

 

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France on the Brink:
A Great Civilization in the New Century

[nonfiction/history]

 Release date: July 1, 2014
at Skyhorse Publishing

448 pages

ISBN: 978-1628723175

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SYNOPSIS

France on the Brink was chosen as a New York Times book of the year and hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “a comprehensive and entertaining diagnosis of what ails French society” when the first edition was published at the turn of the century. Since then, the crisis enveloping France has only worsened, and this second edition, completely revamped to cover the developments of the past fifteen years, offers a fresh assessment of where the nation stands. New chapters chart political developments under Presidents Chirac, Sarkozy, and Hollande; the rise of the hard right National Front; and the unrelenting economic woes that have led to unprecedented levels of disillusion and fragmentation. In this new edition, Fenby offers a loving though candid and unvarnished picture of the nation, contrasting its glorious past with current realities.[provided by the publisher]
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Read more about it here

and visit each stop
on the live virtual book tour
for chances to win the book!

France Book Tours stops for August 4-8

France on the Brink banner Monday, August 4
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Wednesday, August 6
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Thursday, August 7
Review + Giveaway at An Accidental Blog

Friday, August 8
Review at Doing Dewey
Review at Booksie’s Blog

 

French Hop with Barbara Scott Emmett: Delirium

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Upcoming guest-post

by

Barbara Scott Emmett

to be posted on

Arthur Rimbaud’s Birthday

and to accompany the release of her historical/literary fiction

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Author Barbara Scott Emmett

will write a guest-post

on a missing manuscript

to accompany the release of

Delirium:
The Rimbaud Delusion

[literary/historical fiction]

 Release date: October 20, 2014
at Pentalpha Publishing Edinburgh
in association with Triskele Books

420 pages approx

ISBN: 978-0952884392

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SYNOPSIS

1872: The explosive love affair between flamboyant French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine rocks French society. They flee to London, abandoning the manuscript of La Chasse Spirituelle to Verlaine’s scorned young wife. When a lawyer’s clerk salvages it from a dusty deed box, the manuscript begins its journey down the decades, revealing the secrets and betrayals of its various keepers.

2004: Andrea Mann, disenchanted with life and love, travels to France. Driven by her obsession with Rimbaud, she’s chasing her dream – the missing manuscript. Beside the poet’s grave at Charleville-Mézières, she meets a beautiful young man who shows her a single page – from La Chasse Spirituelle.

Andrea embarks on a desperate quest. Drawn into a manipulative relationship with the youth and his Svengali-like mentor, the mysterious Albert, she faces unwelcome truths. The closer she gets to the manuscript, the further she veers from reality.

But is Albert’s copy genuine? And can La Chasse Spirituelle fill the void in Andrea’s soul? [provided by the author]

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Buy your ebook today , only $0.99 for a few days!

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be sure to come back on Oct 20 to read the author’s guest-post,

there will be a surprise as well!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

 Barbara Scott EmmettBarbara Scott Emmett has published novels, short stories and a book of poetry.
Her work has also appeared in anthologies and magazines.
She has been fascinated by Arthur Rimbaud for many years.
A play about him (Death Without Tears) was performed on the Edinburgh Fringe.
A new novel Delirium: The Rimbaud Delusion will be published in association with Triskele Books in October 2014.

Visit her website and her blog, with lots of extra material on her upcoming novel!
Follow her on Facebook, and Twitter or on Goodreads.
Subscribe to her mailing list (see in the right side bar).
You can also send her an email pentalphapublishing at live [dot] co [dot] uk

Order your copy today on Amazon!

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