by Han Suyin · Lgf - Livre De Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253038276
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«La Cité des sortilèges» is the historical adventure novel by Han Suyin, published by LGF - Livre de Poche in paperback (507 pages, in French).
In 1752, inseparable twins Béa and Colin flee Lausanne after a tragedy. Their father builds automatons; their mother was thought to be a sorceress. With Prince Abdul Reza they travel to China, where Colin perfects that art and Béa wreaks havoc with her beauty and gifts. In Ayuthia, ancient capital of Siam, they will know love, hatred and violence.
Work originally published in English as «The Enchantress»; this French edition is a translation by Magali Berger. Volume 6153 of the Livre de poche collection.
A novel of adventure and love for readers of historical fiction set in the 18th century, with settings between Switzerland, China and Siam.
Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou was a Chinese-born Eurasian physician and author better known by her pen name Han Suyin. She wrote in English and French on modern China, set her novels in East and Southeast Asia, and published autobiographical memoirs which covered the span of modern China. These writings gained her a reputation as an ardent and articulate supporter of the Chinese Communist Revolution. She lived in Lausanne, Switzerland, for many years until her death.
