Les Ateliers de Dame Alix, Tome 1: Les licornes

Synopsis of Les Ateliers de Dame Alix, Tome 1: Les licornes

«Les Ateliers de Dame Alix, Tome 1: Les licornes» is the historical novel by Jocelyne Godard, published by Pocket in paperback (512 pages, in French).

In 1500, in Nantes, Alix, a ten-year-old girl who embroiders in Master Yann's workshops, meets Jacquou, an apprentice upholsterer from Tours; from that glance her vocation is born: to be a tapestry weaver, a trade reserved for men. Her story intersects with the intrigues of the French Renaissance court.

First volume of the saga «Les Ateliers de Dame Alix», subtitled «La saga des tapisseries de la Renaissance».

For readers of historical fiction and stories about women artisans in the Renaissance.