We are in the last years of the nineteenth century, and these are the beginnings of cinematography which indirectly are the basis of this novel, which would also have been a serial novel.
The support of this novel is the burning of the Charity Bazaar on the day of the visit of the apostolic nuncio and where patronesses in particular were, the nobility survived the Revolution. In fact, this is a world that collapsed during the fire, and the plot revolves especially around 3 women under the tutelage of the Duchess of Alencon, Princess of Bavaria.
These survivors of Hell characters are often severely burned or disfigured, some of their people, and also as in any society, the author accurately described the loyalties, the evil rumors, heroism and cowardice;
I thought I read this novel, taking my time, unfortunately, I got caught by the intensity of the story told by Gaëlle Nohant that I will monitor the output of the next novel.
