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Susanne Dunlap

    Susanne Dunlap crafts historical fiction with a keen insight into the past. Her works explore the human experience across various eras, excelling in their authentic portrayal of historical detail. The author focuses on depicting complex characters and their journeys, drawing readers deeply into the narrative. Her writing is celebrated for its ability to bring history to life and offer timeless perspectives on human nature.

    La voix d'Émilie
    The Musician's Daughter
    • The Musician's Daughter

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Amid the glamour of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy's court in 18th-century Vienna, murder is afoot. Or so fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria is convinced when her musician father turns up dead on Christmas Eve, his valuable violin missing, and the only clue to his death a strange gold pendant around his neck. Then her father's mentor, the acclaimed composer Franz Joseph Haydn, helps her through a difficult time by making her his copyist and giving her insight into her father's secret life. It's there that Theresabegins to uncover a trail of blackmail and extortion, even as she discovers honor, and the possibility of a first, tentative love. Thrumming with the weeping strains of violins, as well as danger and deception, this is an engrossing tale of murder, romance, and music that readers will find hard to forget.

      The Musician's Daughter
      3.7
    • La voix d'Émilie

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Paris, 1676. Fille d'un modeste luthier, Émilie, quinze ans, possède un don particulier: elle a une voix d'ange. Lorsque le compositeur Marc-Antoine Charpentier entend sa voix, il tombe sous son charme et propose de prendre la jeune fille comme élève afin de lui apprendre non seulement l'art du chant, mais aussi tout ce qui lui permettra de briller dans les salons et, pourquoi pas, à la cour de Louis XIV. La tête pleine de rêves, de robes, de bijoux et de bals, Emilie commence sa formation.., jusqu'à ce que les plans de Mme de Maintenon pour éloigner le roi de sa rivale, la Montespan, viennent bouleverser le cours des choses et amènent prématurément Emilie à Versailles. La jeune fille se retrouve plongée dans de dangereuses intrigues de palais, tel un pion dans la partie d'échecs que jouent les deux favorites du roi. Prisonnière parmi les splendeurs et les fastes royaux, objet de toutes les haines et de toutes les convoitises, Emilie devra se battre pour sauver sa carrière et sa vie.

      La voix d'Émilie