Marcel Rieu Marcel Rieu i(23318456 works by)
Gender: Male
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3 y separately published work icon Spirit of Lost Angels Liza Perrat , ( trans. Marcel Rieu with title L'Auberge des Anges ) Babelcube , 2019 20328590 2012 single work novel historical fiction

'Her mother executed for witchcraft, her father dead at the hand of a noble, Victoire Charpentier vows to rise above her poor peasant roots.

'Forced to leave her village of Lucie-sur-Vionne for domestic work in Paris, Victoire is raped and threatened by her Marquis master, and must abandon her newborn, Rubie, on the church steps.

'Accused of a heinous crime, Victoire is imprisoned in La Salpêtrière mental asylum, where she bonds with fellow prisoner, Jeanne de Valois - conwoman of the infamous Necklace Affair that brought down Queen Marie Antoinette. She dreams of escaping the asylum but wonders if the price of freedom – losing Jeanne – is worth it.

'Enmeshed in the fervour of the 1789 Bastille storming, Victoire hears the name ‘Rubie’ called. Could her foundling daughter be alive, and living in Paris?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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