by Carmen Posadas · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467233599
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«La cinta roja» is the historical novel by Carmen Posadas, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (431 pages, in Spanish).
The novel recreates in the first person the life of Teresa Cabarrús, a Spanish aristocrat who, according to legend, helped bring an end to the Terror in the French Revolution. Admired for saving innocents and reviled as a frivolous social climber, her story includes love with the revolutionary Tallien and a death sentence by guillotine, with a destiny as a princess and mother of ten children.
Published in December 2008. The back cover indicates that the original edition is from Espasa. It features an illustrated dust jacket.
For readers of historical fiction set during the French Revolution and of fictionalised biographies.
Carmen Posadas is a prize-winning Uruguayan-Spanish author of books for children. She also writes for film and television. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela. She became an honorary professor of the University of Peru in 2010.
