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Book Synopsis Harlequin Nocturne February 2017 Box Set by : Susan Krinard
Download or read book Harlequin Nocturne February 2017 Box Set written by Susan Krinard and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you harbor passionate otherworldly desires where the normal and paranormal collide? Let Harlequin® Nocturne bring you into dark and dangerous territory where your senses will be awakened. This box set includes: TWILIGHT CROSSING by Susan Krinard A half-blood Rider, Timon has a duty to anyone under his protection, but his intense attraction to scientist Jamie McCullough is complicating his latest mission. In a moment of desperation, he makes a difficult choice. His bite heals her—and creates a bond that neither of them can resist. As she heads for a conclave convened to create new peace between humans and vampires, Jamie carries a secret that could secure peace everlasting. But before she has a chance to reveal it, she's accused of bringing a vampire-killing virus to the negotiations. Though Timon is willing to pay the ultimate price to save her, can he first win the ultimate challenge of her trust? BRIMSTONE BRIDE by Barbara J. Hancock One hundred years ago, Adam Turov, master of Nightingale Vineyards, bartered his soul for freedom from the Order of Samuel and their Rogue daemon allies. But he didn't know true damnation until Victoria D'Arcy crossed the billionaire vintner'sthreshold… Sworn to protect her, Adam must resist with every fiber of his being a voice that sounds like an angel singing and her potent charm. An unwilling pawn of the Order, Victoria must betray Adam to save her young son. Yet the more time she spends at his estate on her clandestine mission, the harder it becomes to deny the Brimstone heat scorching a path of desire between them…
Book Synopsis Harlequin Romantic Suspense February 2017 Box Set by : Marie Ferrarella
Download or read book Harlequin Romantic Suspense February 2017 Box Set written by Marie Ferrarella and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! CAVANAUGH IN THE ROUGH Cavanaugh Justice by Marie Ferrarella CSI Susannah Quinn has a secret that’s made her build mile-high walls around her heart. Sexy homicide detective Christian Cavanaugh O’Bannon is determined to climb those walls and, at the same time, bring down the serial killer who is determined to make Suzy his next victim… HER ALPHA MARINE To Protect and Serve by Karen Anders When Neve Michaels is threatened by an international arms dealer out for revenge, she’s set on handling it herself. But her brother’s best friend, Russell Kaczewski, refuses to butt out, and now Neve is stuck with him. As they team up to bring down her enemies, their arguing takes a decidedly sexy turn. And yet they still need to get out with their lives intact. THE KILLER YOU KNOW by Kimberly Van Meter FBI agent Silas Kelly has dedicated his life to finding his brother’s killer, even when it means being forced to team up with ambitious reporter Quinn Jackson. As they close in on the truth, both of them begin to realize the killer might be someone very close, and more than their passionate attraction is at stake! SHIELDED BY THE COWBOY SEAL SOS Agency by Bonnie Vanak Cooper Johnson is on leave at his family’s farm when he’s asked to protect Meg Taylor from her abusive ex-husband. What he doesn’t know is that the woman he’s begininng to fall for is the CEO of the company responsible for his sister’s death. Can they learn to trust each other long enough to bring down the man truly responsible?
Book Synopsis Harlequin Romantic Suspense July 2017 Box Set by : Lisa Childs
Download or read book Harlequin Romantic Suspense July 2017 Box Set written by Lisa Childs and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! THE COLTON MARINE The Coltons of Shadow Creek by Lisa Childs Ex-marine River Colton came home to heal and find out the truth about his paternity. Edith Beaulieu is supposed to be getting the Coltons’ former estate ready for its mysterious new owners when a series of accidents put her in harm’s way—and push her into River’s arms! HER LIEUTENANT PROTECTOR Doctors in Danger by Lara Lacombe As a doctor onboard a cruise ship, Mallory Watkins didn’t think she’d be treating anything worse than seasickness and the occasional sprain. But when several patients show up with symptoms resembling radiation poisoning, she and Everest LeBeau, the ship’s sexy head of security, must work to stop a saboteur from turning the ship into a dirty bomb. BODYGUARD REUNION Wingman Security by Beverly Long Jules Cambridge isn’t convinced the death threats she’s received are a real danger, but she agrees to a protection detail anyway. When her ex-fiancé, Royce Morgan, turns out to be her bodyguard, she’s still determined to stick it out in Vegas to find her missing half sister. But even in the desert, secrets don’t remain buried long, and these secrets might be deadly… THE SOLDIER’S SEDUCTION Sons of Stillwater by Jane Godman Steffi Grantham is on the run, accused of a murder she didn’t commit and hiding from the man who killed her family. Her boss, Bryce Delaney, an ex-soldier with demons of his own, agrees to help her after witnessing the real killer’s attempt to kidnap her. Can both of them set aside their pasts to prove Steffi’s innoncence…and trust each other enough to fall in love?
Book Synopsis Harlequin Romantic Suspense April 2017 Box Set by : Marie Ferrarella
Download or read book Harlequin Romantic Suspense April 2017 Box Set written by Marie Ferrarella and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! COLTON UNDERCOVER The Coltons of Shadow Creek by Marie Ferrarella Betrayed by her ex-lover, Leonor Colton, the daughter of a notorious escaped serial killer, returns home to Shadow Creek to lick her wounds. She catches the eye of Josh Howard, an undercover FBI agent investgating her mother’s jailbreak by keeping tabs on her children. But a hit man may force Josh to reveal himself—if Leonor doesn’t end up a victim first! THE TEXAN’S RETURN by Karen Whiddon Mac Morrison returns to his small hometown in Texas determined to clear his ill father’s name of murder and reconnect with Hailey Green, his high school sweetheart. When evidence begins to implicate him, will he be able to save the woman he loves from a vicious killer and convince her they belong together? SECRET AGENT UNDER FIRE Silver Valley P.D. by Geri Krotow The True Believers are still wreaking havoc in Silver Valley when a string of fires are found to be linked to the cult. Fire chief Keith Paruso is mesmerized by Trail Hiker secret agent Abi Redland, but with an arsonist on the loose and Abi’s own secrets between them, their love might turn to ash before it can even catch fire… COVERT KISSES Sons of Stillwater by Jane Godman Undercover cop Laurie Carter discovers two things when she starts investigating Cameron Delaney: that he is very attractive and that his girlfriend was murdered—by a serial killer! Cut off from the FBI, Laurie must turn to Cameron—a man she’s not sure she can trust—to uncover the killer before he makes her his next victim.
Book Synopsis Harlequin Nocturne December 2017 Box Set by : Deborah LeBlanc
Download or read book Harlequin Nocturne December 2017 Box Set written by Deborah LeBlanc and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you harbor passionate otherworldly desires where the normal and paranormal collide? Let Harlequin® Nocturne bring you into dark and dangerous territory where your senses will be awakened. This box set includes: THE WITCH’S THIRST by Deborah LeBlanc For Evette Francois, falling in love is the end of the world—literally. A witch from a long and distinguished line, Evee wields power that comes at a devastating price. If she ever loves a human, all of humanity will suffer. Resisting temptations of men has never been terribly difficult—until she meets Lucien Hyland. One member of a cabal devoted to preventing a race of interdimensional monsters from ruling the universe. Lucien is the most exquisite creature Evee has ever seen. If she succumbs to passion, death and chaos will follow. But she may not be strong enough to fight her desire. THE DRAGON’S HUNT by Jane Kindred By day, Leo Str works as an assistant in a tattoo parlor. By night… Well, he isn’t quite sure what happens at night. He just knows that it’s best if he restrains himself. Ink is more than just superficial decoration to Rhea Carlisle. Her ability to read her clients’ souls in their tattoos gives her work its special magic—and it allows her to see that there’s more to Leo than his brilliant blue eyes. The passion that kindles between them might be Leo’s salvation. Or it might be the end of the world…
Book Synopsis Harlequin Nocturne April 2018 Box Set by : Barbara J. Hancock
Download or read book Harlequin Nocturne April 2018 Box Set written by Barbara J. Hancock and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you harbor passionate otherworldly desires where the normal and paranormal collide? Let Harlequin® Nocturne bring you into dark and dangerous territory where your senses will be awakened. This box set includes: LEGENDARY SHIFTER by Barbara J. Hancock Once upon a time, Elena Pavlova was a ballerina. Now she is a fugitive, looking for the great black wolf who can save her from the witchblood prince who haunts her dreams. The cursed shifter Ivan Romanov knows he is no longer the hero Elana needs, but he cannot say no to this graceful warrior, the beautiful woman who may well be his destined mate. SEDUCING THE DARKNESS by Jane Kindred Lucien Smok is heir to the Smok fortune. He’s also the crown prince of Hell, a legacy he despises. Clairvoyant Theia Dawn tries to convince herself that she’s only interested in Lucien because of his family’s role in the persecution of her ancestor, not because he’s the most beguiling man she’s ever met. The attraction that burns between them might be her downfall. Or it might be his salvation.
Book Synopsis Harlequin Nocturne July 2018 Box Set by : Linda Thomas-Sundstrom
Download or read book Harlequin Nocturne July 2018 Box Set written by Linda Thomas-Sundstrom and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you harbor passionate otherworldly desires where the normal and paranormal collide? Let Harlequin® Nocturne bring you into dark and dangerous territory where your senses will be awakened. This box set includes: THE BLACK WOLF by Linda Thomas-Sundstrom Raised in seclusion, Cara Kirk-Killion knows that she will never find the man who haunts her dreams until she ventures out into the world. But it’s Were cop Rafe Laundau’s job to protect this shapeshifter from her own naivete. But he needs her as much as she needs him—to help his pack rid Miami of a vampire horde, and to satisfy a desire he’s never felt before. ENTICING THE DRAGON by Jane Godman Musician Torque is known for his incendiary solos and smoking-hot looks. Hollie Brennan is a dedicated fan drawn to the sexy guitarist. But she’s also an FBI agent tracking a serial arsonist…and the evidence leads her to Torque, a dragon shifter in disguise. As the sparks fly, Torque and Hollie must fight fire with fire and track down the person endangering their love.
Book Synopsis Kissed by a Vampire by : Caridad Pineiro
Download or read book Kissed by a Vampire written by Caridad Pineiro and published by Caridad Pineiro. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s been two thousand years since a lover’s betrayal stole her life and her hope... Vampire elder Stacia has been alone for millennia, chased by the memories of the night she had been turned into a creature of the night. Stacia yearns for love, but her nights are filled with only loneliness and quick bites to sustain her. To escape the boredom and her aloneness, Stacia escapes to South Beach. But there she comes face-to-face with the handsome DEA agent whose life she had once saved with her vampire’s kiss. DEA Agent Alex Garcia battles real-life demons every day, like the kind that are kidnapping women and selling them into slavery. Determined to put an end to those crimes, Alex has to avoid the beautiful woman who can’t possibly be what she says she is: a vampire. But when Stacia reveals what she really is to drive him away, Alex instead finds himself drawn ever closer to the complex woman who is courageous, passionate, and yearning for the love she lost so long ago….
Book Synopsis The Calling is Reborn Vampire Vampire Romance Box Set Volume 1 by : Caridad Pineiro
Download or read book The Calling is Reborn Vampire Vampire Romance Box Set Volume 1 written by Caridad Pineiro and published by Caridad Pineiro. This book was released on 2023-10-23 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This box set includes DARKNESS CALLS, DANGER CALLS, TEMPTATION CALLS and a bonus free novella, DESIRE CALLS. DARKNESS CALLS After the death of her father during a drive-by shooting, FBI Agent Diana Reyes's world had spiraled into the darkness. Since then she's battled to stay out of that underworld as she works as an FBI Agent. But when an investigation to catch a psychotic killer throws her together with sexy nightclub owner Ryder Latimer, she feels herself losing that tenuous grip. Can she resist the sensual promises of the man whose secrets threaten all that she's accomplished? Ryder Latimer has been living in the darkness since being turned during the Civil War.For centuries Ryder has lived without the hope of regaining the life he lost and the love of a woman. A woman who has been haunting him in his dreams. When he meets strong and sexy FBI Agent Diana Reyes, he realizes she can be the one who finally restore the humanity he'd thought he'd lost. But will she stay once she discovers his secret: that he's more than a lover of the night; he's a vampire. DANGER CALLS Dr. Melissa Danvers knows a normal life is impossible for her.Since her parents’ death Melissa has been bound to be a keeper to the man who has always been there for her, only he’s not a man. He’s a 150-year-old vampire and it’s Melissa’s destiny to be his keeper. But after experiencing a night of passion with Sebastian Reyes, a young, sexy computer hacker, she yearns for the life she thought impossible. Sebastian Reyes finds himself drawn into a wild world of vampires and death.But after a night of wild lovemaking with beautiful physician Melissa Danvers, Sebastian wonders if it can be more. When Melissa needs his expertise to discover the truth behind her parents’ deaths and stay one step ahead of their killer, Sebastian answers the call of danger and desire. TEMPTATION CALLS As lives went, both of hers had sucked. Samantha Turner's long existence has been filled with nothing but brutality and pain. But despite that, she still has the strength to help others escape the violence she could not and deep inside her undead heart, she still hopes that one day she will find love. When NYPD Detective Peter Daly enters her life, Samantha dares to want the kind of life she thought she had forever lost. It's his job and his calling to keep his city safe. NYPD Homicide Detective Peter Daly has but one goal in his life: to protect and serve the people of the City of New York. Ever since his ex-wife's betrayal, Peter has stopped hoping for the kind of life he'd thought he'd once have. One with a loving woman and kids waiting for him after a day of fighting for justice. The last thing he expected or wanted was to fall in love with a woman whose immortal existence threatens to pull him into an underworld unlike any he could have imagined. But can Peter ignore the temptation that calls him to be her lover? DESIRE CALLS Welsh vampire Blake has given up on any chance of love. From the moment Blake Richards runs into sexy college coed Meghan Thomas, he imagines that it’s possible for him to actually fall in love once again. But when he loses control during their lovemaking, he has to decide between letting Meghan die or turning her. Blake turns her earning her eternal hatred and losing his chance for love. Until he runs into vampire elder Stacia and her power and humanity call to him in unexpected ways and make him believe that love just might be possible with the beautiful immortal. Vampire elder Stacia hasn’t felt the pull of love in centuries. Hidden from humans and feared by her own kind due to her immense age and powers, Stacia has few friends and even fewer lovers. The other elders urge her to give up on eternal love, but something inside Stacia says that if she does she will lose the very last bit of the humanity in her heart. But after a chance encounter with Blake, his spirit and strength intrigue her and she imagines that finally she may have found the man worthy enough to be her eternal companion.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction by : Kristin Ramsdell
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction written by Kristin Ramsdell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first encyclopedia solely devoted to the popular romance fiction genre, this resource provides a wealth of information on all aspects of the subject. Romance fiction accounts for a large share of book sales each year, and contrary to popular belief, not all of its readers are women: roughly 16 percent are men. This enormously popular genre continues to captivate people reading for pleasure, and it also commands a growing amount of academic interest. Included are alphabetically arranged reference entries on significant authors along with works, themes, and other topics. The articles are written by scholars, librarians, and industry professionals with a deep knowledge of the genre and so provide a thorough understanding of the subject. An index provides easy access to information within the entries, and bibliographies at the end of each entry, a general bibliography, and a suggested romance reading list allow for further study of the genre.
Book Synopsis Harlequin Nocturne November 2017 Box Set by : Michele Hauf
Download or read book Harlequin Nocturne November 2017 Box Set written by Michele Hauf and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you harbor passionate otherworldly desires where the normal and paranormal collide? Let HarlequinNocturne bring you into dark and dangerous territory where your senses will be awakened. This box set includes: THE WITCH AND THE WEREWOLF by USA Today Bestselling Author Michele Hauf Mireio Malory is a quirky witch whose on a quest to complete a dark spell that will grant her immortality--at the expense of using a live vampire’s heart in the spell.She’s ready to conjure that dangerous and life-changing spell, until she meets a lone werewolf and beekeeper. Lars Gunderson has secrets of his own. His alpha allure is obvious, but Mireio senses that there’s something more to him than his raw sexiness. When Lars entrusts her with a devastating revelation, Mireio has to make a choice. Will she now sacrifice the most potent magic she’s ever worked on to be with the man she loves? VAMPIRE UNDONE by Shannon Curtis A werewolf’s bite has just one cure, and vampire Lucien Marchetta intends to find it. But first he must convince Professor Natalie Segova to help him. Natalie once considered Lucien a friend and protector…until he abandoned her to a terrible tragedy. And yet, she still struggles to resist his tantalizing allure and the intimate memories of their past. Racing to locate the cure, Lucien and Natalie tangle in a seductive power play where every move ratchets up the intensity of their blistering attraction. But time is running out and the veil between death and life is shifting. If Lucien doesn’t reclaim Natalie’s heart soon, he could lose her--and everything he values--forever.
Download or read book Nocturne written by Hélène Valance and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated look at the vogue for night landscapes amid the social, political, and technological changes of modern America The turn of the 20th century witnessed a surge in the creation and popularity of nocturnes and night landscapes in American art. In this original and thought-provoking book, Hélène Valance investigates why artists and viewers of the era were so captivated by the night. Nocturne examines works by artists such as James McNeill Whistler, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Frederic Remington, Edward Steichen, and Henry Ossawa Tanner through the lens of the scientific developments and social issues that dominated the period. Valance argues that the success of the genre is connected to the resonance between the night and the many forces that affected the era, including technological advances that expanded the realm of the visible, such as electric lighting and photography; Jim Crow–era race relations; America’s closing frontier and imperialism abroad; and growing anxiety about identity and social values amid rapid urbanization. This absorbing study features 150 illustrations encompassing paintings, photographs, prints, scientific illustration, advertising, and popular media to explore the predilection for night imagery as a sign of the times.
Book Synopsis Harlequin Nocturne February 2017 Box Set by : Susan Krinard
Download or read book Harlequin Nocturne February 2017 Box Set written by Susan Krinard and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you harbor passionate otherworldly desires where the normal and paranormal collide? Let Harlequin® Nocturne bring you into dark and dangerous territory where your senses will be awakened. This box set includes: TWILIGHT CROSSING by Susan Krinard A half-blood Rider, Timon has a duty to anyone under his protection, but his intense attraction to scientist Jamie McCullough is complicating his latest mission. In a moment of desperation, he makes a difficult choice. His bite heals her—and creates a bond that neither of them can resist. As she heads for a conclave convened to create new peace between humans and vampires, Jamie carries a secret that could secure peace everlasting. But before she has a chance to reveal it, she's accused of bringing a vampire-killing virus to the negotiations. Though Timon is willing to pay the ultimate price to save her, can he first win the ultimate challenge of her trust? BRIMSTONE BRIDE by Barbara J. Hancock One hundred years ago, Adam Turov, master of Nightingale Vineyards, bartered his soul for freedom from the Order of Samuel and their Rogue daemon allies. But he didn't know true damnation until Victoria D'Arcy crossed the billionaire vintner'sthreshold… Sworn to protect her, Adam must resist with every fiber of his being a voice that sounds like an angel singing and her potent charm. An unwilling pawn of the Order, Victoria must betray Adam to save her young son. Yet the more time she spends at his estate on her clandestine mission, the harder it becomes to deny the Brimstone heat scorching a path of desire between them…
Book Synopsis Battle for the Museum by : Rachel Spence
Download or read book Battle for the Museum written by Rachel Spence and published by Hurst Publishers. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture and power have been bedfellows since ancient times. But now, more than ever, exhibits and the organisations responsible for them have become part of our troubled politics. Protests force out problematic patrons and curators, and pressure museums to abandon fossil fuel sponsorship. Campaigners demand equality and diversity, and condemn exploitation of artists and staff alike. Those confronting racism and imperial legacies call for restitution of cultural objects. Arts journalist Rachel Spence has watched these institutions become a flashpoint for today's social divisions. She interviews those on the frontlines, from artists and activists to directors and donors, revealing stories of elitism, inequality and injustice. Business and finance launder their reputations through art fair and museum patronage, while governments bolster their authority by weaponising or attacking the arts--and ordinary museumgoers mobilise to demand better. How did we get here, and what lies ahead for these institutions? From China and Russia to Helsinki and New York, from the British Museum and the Louvre to the Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi, Battle for the Museum uncovers a dark nexus of capital, culture and power--and a radical shift in attitudes, driven by resistance movements fighting fiercely for exhibition spaces that serve today's public.
Book Synopsis Grasping Shadows by : William Chapman Sharpe
Download or read book Grasping Shadows written by William Chapman Sharpe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's in a shadow? Menace, seduction, or salvation? Immaterial but profound, shadows lurk everywhere in literature and the visual arts, signifying everything from the treachery of appearances to the unfathomable power of God. From Plato to Picasso, from Rembrandt to Welles and Warhol, from Lord of the Rings to the latest video game, shadows act as central players in the drama of Western culture. Yet because they work silently, artistic shadows often slip unnoticed past audiences and critics. Conceived as an accessible introduction to this elusive phenomenon, Grasping Shadows is the first book that offers a general theory of how all shadows function in texts and visual media. Arguing that shadow images take shape within a common cultural field where visual and verbal meanings overlap, William Sharpe ranges widely among classic and modern works, revealing the key motifs that link apparently disparate works such as those by Fra Angelico and James Joyce, Clementina Hawarden and Kara Walker, Charles Dickens and Kumi Yamashita. Showing how real-world shadows have shaped the meanings of shadow imagery, Grasping Shadows guides the reader through the techniques used by writers and artists to represent shadows from the Renaissance onward. The last chapter traces how shadows impact the art of the modern city, from Renoir and Zola to film noir and projection systems that capture the shadows of passers-by on streets around the globe. Extending his analysis to contemporary street art, popular songs, billboards, and shadow-theatre, Sharpe demonstrates a practical way to grasp the "dark side" that looms all around us.
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Book Synopsis Gabriel Faur?The Songs and their Poets by : Graham Johnson
Download or read book Gabriel Faur?The Songs and their Poets written by Graham Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The career of Gabriel Faur?s a composer of songs for voice and piano traverses six decades (1862-1921); almost the whole history of French m?die is contained within these parameters. In the 1860s Faur?the lifelong prot? of Camille Saint-Sa?, was a suavely precocious student; he was part of Pauline Viardot's circle in the 1870s and he nearly married her daughter. Pointed in the direction of symbolist poetry by Robert de Montesquiou in 1886, Faur?as the favoured composer from the early 1890s of Winnarretta Singer, later Princesse de Polignac, and his songs were revered by Marcel Proust. In 1905 he became director of the Paris Conservatoire, and he composed his most profound music in old age. His existence, steadily productive and outwardly imperturbable, was undermined by self-doubt, an unhappy marriage and a tragic loss of hearing. In this detailed study Graham Johnson places the vocal music within twin contexts: Faur? own life story, and the parallel lives of his many poets. We encounter such giants as Charles Baudelaire and Paul Verlaine, the patrician Leconte de Lisle, the forgotten Armand Silvestre and the Belgian symbolist Charles Van Lerberghe. The chronological range of the narrative encompasses Faur? first poet, Victor Hugo, who railed against Napoleon III in the 1850s, and the last, Jean de La Ville de Mirmont, killed in action in the First World War. In this comprehensive and richly illustrated study each of Faur? 109 songs receives a separate commentary. Additional chapters for the student singer and serious music lover discuss interpretation and performance in both aesthetical and practical terms. Richard Stokes provides parallel English translations of the original French texts. In the twenty-first century musical modernity is evaluated differently from the way it was assessed thirty years ago. Faur?s no longer merely a 'Master of Charms' circumscribed by the belle ?que. His status as a great composer of timeless
