The modern fairies
Pollard, Clare (Poet)2024
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Why don't they tell you it is the beautiful princess who becomes the evil queen; that they are just the same person at different points in their story? Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody is safe here - no matter how highly born they are. No one knows this better than Madame Marie d'Aulnoy. Each week, a rogue group of intellectuals gather at her Parisian home to debate, flirt and perform Contes de Fees - fairy tales - that challenge the status quo, at a salon that will change the course of literature forever.
Main title:
The modern fairies / Clare Pollard.
Author:
Pollard, Clare (Poet), author
Imprint:
London : Fig Tree, 2024.
Collation:
176 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780241672457 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
2440530
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