Marianne Is Watching

Professional intelligence became a permanent feature of the French state as a result of the army’s June 8, 1871, reorganization following France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Intelligence practices developed at the end of the nineteenth century without direction or oversight from elected officials, and yet the information gathered had

"Marianne is Watching" presents a history of the institutionalization of professional intelligence and counterintelligence services in France from 1870 to 1914. As the practice of secret politics, once exclusive to the domain of royal authority, gave way to calls for greater transparency in the nineteenth century, the acceptable exercise of

First published in 1990, Language in Popular Fiction was written to provide a comprehensive and illuminating look at the way language is used in thrillers and romantic fiction. The book examines the use of language across three interrelated levels: a level of verbal organisation, a level of narrative structure, and

From the award-winning author of "Martin Sloane" and "Fidelity" comes a riveting story of two families in different centuries -- one searching for the past, the other creating a record of it.

A fan-favorite from New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp, originally published in 2000. Lord Lambeth is captivated by Marianne Cotterwood. He knows she’s not only off-limits, but she’s keeping secrets, and he’s determined to unravel her mystery. Alone in the world, Marianne wishes she could remember her life before