by Jean-Paul Malaval · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253176572
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«La Villa des térébinthes» is the historical novel by Jean-Paul Malaval, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (480 pages, in French).
Silvius Andromas, a peasant from Ardèche, marries Roxane, daughter of a wealthy silk merchant from Lyon, in 1894. Neither masters nor workers forgive his origins. With electricity and artificial silk, he foresees the ruin of his new family. In Ardèche, his mother Mariette and his sisters Eugénie and Pauline struggle while the past claims him.
Second volume of the saga «Les Noces de soie». The original edition was published in 2012; this paperback edition, in 2014.
For those who enjoy family sagas and historical novels set in late 19th-century France.
