Title : The Brides of Cape Ténès - Venus Khoury-Ghata - book
Summary :
1802.
Far from the Napoleonic epic that shook Europe, five women, survivors of the sinking of a French warship on the Algerian coast, in Ténès, were taken in and given to the highest bidder among the Bani Haoua mountaineers. Almost forgotten by France, they chose to face their destiny and explore this country so different from their own. One, a laundress in Toulon, seduced the dey of Algiers. The aristocrat Hélène de Courtavray became the first French teacher in Algeria. Two others were married, the first to a farmer, the second to the son of an emir. As for Jeanne, the nun, who became a healer and member of the village council of elders, she was venerated after her death—and still is today—throughout Algeria. Inspired by historical facts, Vénus Khoury-Ghata describes in a sumptuous fresco the clash of two civilizations.
- EAN: 9782253141082
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