The novels of Catherine Delors - La Danse des fauves

La Danse des fauves

Release date : 05/10/2024

Auvergne, 1780.

On her sixteenth birthday, Yolande Raynal is thrown out of her father's house because of her vicious, violent brother. Taken in by an aunt in Paris, she meets a brilliant surgeon, Paul Tournay, who falls madly in love with her. Their marriage promises to be a happy one, but Yolande knows very little about her husband.

Years go by, the Revolution breaks out, and France dreams of a new society. Between her relationship with her domineering husband, her passionate love for her son, her affair with the Marquise Camille de Préval and the secrets of a past that come back to haunt her, Yolande will risk everything to conquer her freedom.

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Blanche et la bonne étoile

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