by Irène Frain · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782749909905
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«Les naufragés de l'île Tromelin» is the historical novel by Irène Frain, published by Michel Lafon in paperback (371 pages, in French).
In 1761, a French ship is shipwrecked on an islet in the Indian Ocean with 160 slaves. Whites and blacks survive together; the slaves help build a shallop, but are not taken aboard when it departs. Fifteen years later, only seven women and a child remain. Frain reconstructs the episode using archives and excavations.
Irène Frain documented the work with maritime archives, archaeological excavations, and a stay on Tromelin Island.
For readers of historical fiction and survival stories, with an interest in the history of slavery and human rights.
Irène Frain is a French novelist, journalist, and historian. She is a founding member of the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society.
