by Maurice Druon · LIBROS DEL ASTEROIDE S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492663064
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«Las grandes familias» is the novel by Maurice Druon, published by Libros del Asteroide in paperback (408 pages, in Spanish).
In 1915, the marriage of François and Jacqueline unites the Schoudler and La Monnerie families, whose children seem destined to rule France. Quarrels, power struggles and tragedies divert that destiny as the ambitious rise and the ruling classes decline. It is a story of ambition and revenge that portrays interwar society.
Novel winner of the Goncourt Prize in 1948. It is the first part of the trilogy completed with 'La caída de los cuerpos' and 'Cita en los infiernos'. Translation by Amparo Albajar.
For readers of historical fiction and family sagas, interested in twentieth-century French literature and in the critique of power and elites.
Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.
