The modern fairies

Clare Pollard

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Why don't they tell you it is the beautiful princess who becomes the evil queen; that they are just the same person at different points in their story? Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody is safe here - no matter how highly born they are. No one knows this better than Madame Marie d'Aulnoy. Each week, a rogue group of intellectuals gather at her Parisian home to debate, flirt and perform Contes de Fees - fairy tales - that challenge the status quo, at a salon that will change the course of literature forever.


Author(s): Pollard, Clare
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 03/04/2025
Pagination: 256 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Penguin Books
Published By: Penguin Books
Book Classification: |Modern & contemporary fiction|Historical fiction
Dimensions: 197x130x15
Weight: 184
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241672464

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