Steampunk

Waistcoats & Weaponry de Gail Carriger         Le tome 3 de la saga “Finishing School”...     Publié par Little Brown  298 pages 18$ première publication: 2014      Résumé:   Sophronia continues second year finishing school in style -- with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown. She, best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and charming Lord Felix Mersey stow away on train to return classmate Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland. No one... [Lire la suite]

L’étrange secret de Finley Jayne de Kady Cross       Le tome 0.5 de la saga “Steampunk Chronicles”...     Publié par Harlequin  87 pages (disponible uniquement en format ebook) 1,99 euros première publication: 2011 traducteur: titre original: The strange case of Finley Jayne     Résumé:   Finley Jayne voudrait bien n’être qu’une jeune fille comme les autres. Mais, depuis quelque temps, elle sent se développer en elle une part sombre qui lui donne d’étonnants pouvoirs. Des... [Lire la suite]

Le club Vesuvius de Mark Gatiss       Le tome 1 de la saga “Lucifer Box”...     Publié par Bragelonne  306 pages 25 euros première publication: 2004 traducteur: Laurence Boischot titre original: The Vesuvius Club     Résumé: Portraitiste de talent, dandy, bel esprit, mauvais garçon… et le plus irrésistible des agents secrets de Sa Majesté. Lorsque les meilleurs scientifiques du royaume sont mystérieusement assassinés, Lucifer se lance dans une enquête trépidante, des clubs de... [Lire la suite]

Curtsies & Conspiracies de Gail Cariger       Le tome 2 de la saga “The Finishing School”...     Publié par Atom  310 pages 6,99 £ première publication: 2013       Résumé:   Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests?   Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing,... [Lire la suite]

Etiquette & Espionage de Gail Carriger       Le tome 1 de la saga “Finishing School”...     Publié par Atom  312 pages 6,99 £ première publication: 2013     Résumé:   Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is the bane of her mother's existence. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette at tea--and god forbid anyone see her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. She enrolls Sophronia... [Lire la suite]

The curious case of the werewolf that wasn’t, the mummy that was, and the cat in the jar de Gail Carriger           Le tome 0.5 de la saga “The Parasol Protectorate”...     Publié par Amazon  25 pages 0,89 euros première publication: 2014       Résumé:   A short tale of mummies, werewolves, and well preserved felines set in the world of the Parasol Protectorate.   Alessandro Tarabotti and his valet, Floote, are on a mission in Egypt when they... [Lire la suite]

Timeless de Gail Carriger         Le tome 5 de la série The Parasol Protectorate   Publié par Orbit  386 pages 7,99 £ première publication: 2012     Résumé:   Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious toddler who is prone to turning supernatural willy-nilly.    Until, that is,... [Lire la suite]

Heartless de Gail Carriger         Le tome 4 de la série The Parasol Protectorate   Publié par Orbit  374 pages 7,99 $ première publication: 2011     Résumé:   Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband’s past. Top that off with a sister who has joined the suffragette movement (shocking!), Madame Lefoux, latest... [Lire la suite]

Blameless de Gail Carriger         Le tome 3 de la série The Parasol Protectorate     Publié par Orbit  355 pages 7,99 $ première publication: 2010       Résumé:   Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season.  Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all, Alexia is... [Lire la suite]

Changeless de Gail Carriger         Le tome 2 de la série The Parasol Protectorate   Publié par Orbit  374 pages 7,99 $ première publication: 2010     Résumé:   Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of... [Lire la suite]