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Emma Tennant
ISBN: 9781904559160
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Arcadia Books
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At a young age Pamela Sims is taken from her humble home in England to the French court, where she is brought up on a life of luxury as the illegitimate daughter of the beautiful Madame de Genlis. Recounted through the voices of the woman who was to become known as La Belle Pamela and her daughter, this novel vividly tells how her past shaped their extraordinary lives, capturing the atmosphere of eighteenth-century France and the complexity of a world where your origins create your identity.
Set in the years around the French Revolution, Emma Tennant's atmospheric and poignant new novel explores the life of Pamela Sims, a woman who would become known in history as La Belle Pamela. At a young age Pamela is taken from her humble home in England to the French court, where she is brought up in a life of luxury as the illegitimate daughter of the beautiful Madame de Genlis and the Duc d'Orleans. Recounted through the voices of Pamela and her daughter, this novel vividly tells how her past shaped their extraordinary lives, capturing the atmosphere of eighteenth-century France and the complexity of a world where your origins create your identity.
| ISBN | 1904559166 | | Pages | 176 | | ISBN13 | 9781904559160
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Arcadia Books | | Weight (grammes) | 200 | | Imprint | Maia Press Limited | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Paperback Original | | Publication date | 01 Sep 2005 | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Library of Congress | 2006404568 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Spine width (mm) | 14 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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'Eighteenth-century private life through the eyes of a mysterious beauty ... riveting and very readable' Antonia Fraser 'The romance of Pamela's story is irresistible' Lesley McDowell, Independent on Sunday  Be the first to write a customer review
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