by Vita Sackville-West · Grasset & Fasquelle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246429333
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«Au temps du roi Edouard» is the historical fiction novel by Vita Sackville-West, published by Grasset & Fasquelle in paperback (234 pages, in French).
The action takes place in Edwardian England, when the aristocracy begins to abandon Victorian severity while still keeping up appearances. Among castles, etiquette and vanity, hidden passions, adulteries and gossip circulate; young Sébastien tries to reconcile order and freedom, and wonders whether love can prevail over decadence.
Originally published in 1930, the novel belongs to the Les Cahiers Rouges collection; the French edition includes the translation by Alice Turpin.
For readers of classic fiction and historical fiction interested in Edwardian England and the end of an era.
Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH, usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer.
