Title : Prussian Blue Winter - Muriel Meunier - book

Summary :

This novel is a story of passion and tension set during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, depicting Norman society and its weavers. It features a courageous and independent heroine who fights for her homeland and becomes an experienced dyeist.

1870. The war waged by Napoleon III against the Kingdom of Prussia is ravaging France. In Normandy, in Rouen, winter has taken on the blue hue of enemy uniforms. In the tormented landscape of foreign occupation, Zélie sees her daily life shaken. Courageous, she helps the fighters, but a mysterious gunman fires on her. The bullet wounds her face. Disfigured, tyrannized by a hateful husband, the young woman rebels to avoid sinking. She flees the family estate and hides in the Rouen slums.

However, her chains are difficult to break and it is difficult for her to defy social conventions in a society where divorce is forbidden. Torn between her duty and the need to fulfill herself, taking a fresh look at life, she tries to gain her independence.

Prussian blue is also the color of her photographer friend's cyanotypes and, above all, the color of a forbidden love. Fate will bind Zélie to an Uhlan, the terrible adversary. These two beings who should never have met, who are complete opposites, live a mad passion. The inevitable separation is cruel. Until that day in 1873 when their paths cross again.

This novel is an evocation of the customs of Normandy during the Franco-Prussian War, a little-known aspect of French history. Historical references at the beginning of the book and a notebook of period photographs will further immerse readers in the late 19th century.

• EAN : 9782828921224
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