Saint-Martin, île aux deux visages. Valérie Vial, ancienne officière de gendarmerie, y pose ses valises après trente-trois ans de service.

Publier un livre sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Pierre-Paul Rubens est un immense défi. Peintre des grands de ce monde, diplomate, érudit, Rubens traversa son siècle tel un nouveau démiurge, inventeur en Flandre de la peinture baroque. Dans son Journal, en 1853, Eugène Delacroix a écrit : « Gloire à cet Homère de la peinture, à ce père de la chaleur et de l'enthousiasme dans cet art où il efface tout, non pas, si l'on veut, par la perfection qu'il a portée dans telle ou telle partie, mais par cette force secrète et cette vie de l'âme qu'il a mise partout. » Sa production a été tellement importante que son catalogue raisonné n'est toujours pas établi de nos jours. Un immense projet est en cours. En 2010, le président du Fonds du patrimoine culturel mobilier de la Fondation Roi Baudouin, a lancé un appel à financement pour terminer ce projet, commencé il y a plus de 50 ans. L'approche que nous vous proposons ici est plus immédiate. Découvrir les différentes facettes de l'artiste, mieux connaître l'homme (très attachant) et le processus de création qui a mené à un corpus si phénoménal. Louis Hourticq, l'auteur de la monographie, a évoqué et commenté les tableaux les plus connus de l'artiste Il n'avait pas pu les illustrer dans l'édition d'origine (il y avait seulement 24 fac-similés de gravures), une lacune que nous avons comblée grâce aux possibilités de l'édition numérique. Nous avons joint au texte 194 reproductions de tableaux (agrandissables en plein écran) pour vous permettre de juger de la force et du génie de cet artiste total. Tous les thèmes du peintre sont abordés : sa peinture « officielle » pour l'Église catholique, qui le consacra comme porte-drapeau de la Contre-Réforme, celle pour les rois et grands d'Europe, ses compositions mythologiques et bibliques, ses peintures plus privées, ses paysages et les scènes familiales. Un indice permet de donner une idée de la gloire de Rubens. C'est le premier artiste que nous publions chez VisiMuZ dont aucun des tableaux illustrés ne se trouve dans une collection particulière. Tous ces tableaux sont dans des musées, des églises ou des collections publiques.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

When Madelina Winston, a beautiful American heiress, arrives in England, she has at first only one thought on her mind, to try and trace her late father's English family. Her stepmother, Mrs. Winston, has other ideas. Madelina might have beauty and a fortune, but as far as Mrs. Winston is concerned she lacks the crowning glory of life, an English title. Mrs. Winston knows that there are many impoverished aristocrats hoping to marry money and wastes no time in setting about finding a likely candidate for Madelina's hand. Madelina meanwhile, is distracted by a handsome, if arrogant, gentleman called Oliver de Burge whom she sees at The Langham Hotel, so she is not at all enthusiastic when a new acquaintance, Duke Tunney, invites herself and her stepmother to his county seat, Belmont Hall, and she is convinced it means that she will never see Mr. de Burge again. Belmont Hall, however, proves to be a place of destiny. There she will find herself entangled in a web woven by both her stepmother and the Duke and there she will re-encounter de Burge and the jealous Lady Kitty. And there she will discover more about her father's past than she could ever have wished. It is a past that threatens to strangle the bond evolving between herself and Oliver de Burge. And how she must cross what seems to be a very ocean of love before she can find a haven in his arms is all told in this thrilling romantic tale by BARBARA CARTLAND.

The beautiful golden-haired Orlina Runford is the daughter of the renowned author, Sir Nicholas Runford. She lives very quietly in the country helping her dedicated father translate ancient manuscripts from all over the world and, as she is so intelligent, she learns many languages including Ancient Greek. To her surprise her great friend, Lady Sarah Lonslow, arrives unexpectedly, She is the daughter of the Marquis of Avingforde, whose nearby house was burnt down and Sarah had then gone to London after her husband dies and was acclaimed a great beauty. Sarah has come to ask Orlina for a very great favour. Because Orlina has been such a success in the plays they arranged as children, Sarah asks her to pretend to be her chaperone at a party given by the Earl of Kentallan on his superb yacht. Sarah has made up her mind to marry the Earl who was, however, determined to avoid marriage. Because he was so rich and handsome women pursued him relentlessly and Sarah has little chance of succeeding where so many others have failed. At the same time she is determined to have her own way, but the Earl refuses to let her join his party unless she provides herself with a chaperone. The only person she can trust to do it is Orlina, who finally succumbs to Sarah's blandishments and is dressed in elaborate gowns and hats to conceal her glorious golden hair. Made up as an elderly woman, she goes with Sarah to the Earl's yacht to find a party of two attractive men and two dancers from the London stage. It is only when they hurry on the Earl's insistence to the Mediterranean and on to the Aegean Sea that Orlina is convinced that he is on a secret mission on behalf of the British Government. How Orlina dramatically saves the Earl's life, how he discovers her secret and how Sarah as well as she find unexpected happiness is all told in this exciting romance by BARBARA CARTLAND.

"Ele sabe que é a carícia favorita dela. Ela só precisa ficar embaixo do chuveiro, apoiar-se na parede e deixar a água cair. Nada precisa ser dito. Exatamente como ela imaginava, ele se agacha e sua língua se aproxima da boceta." Não há regras na comunidade. Ninguém é de ninguém. Ninguém tem direitos exclusivos. Alguns residentes são, inclusive, casados, mas ainda assim compartilham. Ela pode beijá-lo. Ele pode ficar com ela. E duas mulheres podem se dar prazer. Assim como dois homens. Todo mundo ama essa ausência de regras e as pessoas com quem compartilham suas vidas. Ninguém é de ninguém é um conto erótico cuja história se passa nos arredores de Berlim, Alemanha. É sobre liberdade, comunidade e relacionamentos sexuais abertos.

"Ele sabe que é a carícia favorita dela. Ela só precisa ficar embaixo do chuveiro, apoiar-se na parede e deixar a água cair. Nada precisa ser dito. Exatamente como ela imaginava, ele se agacha e sua língua se aproxima da boceta." Não há regras na comunidade. Ninguém é de ninguém. Ninguém tem direitos exclusivos. Alguns residentes são, inclusive, casados, mas ainda assim compartilham. Ela pode beijá-lo. Ele pode ficar com ela. E duas mulheres podem se dar prazer. Assim como dois homens. Todo mundo ama essa ausência de regras e as pessoas com quem compartilham suas vidas. Ninguém é de ninguém é um conto erótico cuja história se passa nos arredores de Berlim, Alemanha. É sobre liberdade, comunidade e relacionamentos sexuais abertos.