by Michel Jeury · Succès du livre éditions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782738216144
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«La vallée de la soie» is the historical novel by Michel Jeury, published by Succès du livre éditions in paperback (333 pages, in French).
In the 19th-century Cévennes, Alexandrine Jourdan, daughter of a muleteer and passionate about silkworms, dreams of running her own spinning mill. At fourteen she enters the largest factory in the region, where foreman Charles Rabanel imposes a climate of violence. The novel interweaves ambition, faith and personal drama.
This edition dates from 2002; the cover includes the subtitle «La grande aventure de la soie».
Aimed at readers of historical fiction interested in rural France and the silk industry.
Michel Jeury was a French science fiction writer, reputed in the 1970s. He also used the pseudonym of Albert Higon.
