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The Modern Fairies
The Modern Fairies
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In 1682, Versailles was a city of wealth, beauty, and power, but behind the polite society, there was a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Madame Marie d'Aulnoy hosted a rogue group of intellectuals who gathered at her Parisian home to debate, flirt, and perform Contes de Fées, fairy tales that challenged the status quo. However, a wolf was lurking, threatening to destroy the members of the salon. The Modern Fairies is a dazzling novel inspired by real events, exploring the delights and dangers of storytelling in dark times.
Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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 Fées - fairy tales - that challenge the status quo, at a salon that will change the course of literature forever.
But while they weave tales of glass slippers, enchanted beasts, and long-haired princesses, a wolf is lurking, who threatens to destroy the members of the salon one by one.
Brilliant and bawdy, romantic and provocative, The Modern Fairies is a dazzling novel inspired by real events, about the delights and dangers of storytelling in dark times.
Weight: 366g
Dimension: 222 x 145 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241672457
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