by Chantal Thomas · Seuil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020868624
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«Les Adieux à la Reine» is the historical novel by Chantal Thomas, published by Seuil in paperback (247 pages, in French).
In 1810, in a Vienna marked by defeat at the hands of Napoleon, Agathe-Sidonie, former reader to Marie Antoinette, recalls the days after the storming of the Bastille, when she was still serving at Versailles. The novel recreates the ceremonial splendor of the court, the ambiguous figure of the queen and the unstoppable advance of the news of the revolution.
Originally published in 2002, it won the Prix Femina that year and was adapted for film. This edition belongs to the Points grands romans collection.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the court of Versailles and the French Revolution.
Chantal Thomas is a French writer and historian. Her 2002 book, Farewell, My Queen, won the Prix Femina and was adapted into a 2012 film starring Diane Kruger and Léa Seydoux.
