Les Enfants du désastre Series by Pierre Lemaitre

4.14 · 64 ratings
  • The Great Swindle (Les Enfants du désastre #1)
    #1

    The Great Swindle (Les Enfants du désastre #1)

    Pierre Lemaitre

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2013

    October 1918: the war on the Western Front is all but over. Desperate for one last chance of promotion, the ambitious Lieutenant Henri d'Aulnay Pradelle sends two scouts over the top, and secretly shoots them in the back to incite his men to heroic action once more.And so is set in motion a series of devastating events that will inextricably bind together the fates and fortunes of Pradelle and the two soldiers who witness his crime: Albert Maillard and Édouard Péricourt... more

  • The Great Swindle (Les Enfants du désastre #1)
    #1

    The Great Swindle (Les Enfants du désastre #1)

    Pierre Lemaitre

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2013

    October 1918: the war on the Western Front is all but over. Desperate for one last chance of promotion, the ambitious Lieutenant Henri d'Aulnay Pradelle sends two scouts over the top, and secretly shoots them in the back to incite his men to heroic action once more.And so is set in motion a series of devastating events that will inextricably bind together the fates and fortunes of Pradelle and the two soldiers who witness his crime: Albert Maillard and Édouard Péricourt... more

  • All Human Wisdom (Les Enfants du désastre #2)
    #2

    All Human Wisdom (Les Enfants du désastre #2)

    Pierre Lemaitre

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2020

    February, 1927. The great and the good of Paris gather to attend the funeral of the powerful millionaire, Marcel Péricourt. His daughter, Madeleine, is poised to take charge of his financial empire, but it seems fate has other plans for her. Her young son, Paul, with one unexpected and tragic act, will place Madeleine on the path to ruin and degradation... more

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