by Patrick Carré · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782859401320
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Le palais des nuages» is the novel by Patrick Carré, published by Phébus in 1989 in paperback (643 pages, in French).
The novel recreates the life of Emperor Huizong, last sovereign of the Northern Song dynasty, a painter and calligrapher who dreamed of a political order based on beauty. After the Jin invasion, he is dethroned and suffers captivity, humiliations and exile until he dies forgotten in Siberia.
It belongs to the D'aujourd'hui collection. The cover subtitle is «roman»; the original edition was published in Paris.
It will appeal to readers of historical fiction and to those who want to learn about the figure of Emperor Huizong, an artist-sovereign of 12th-century China.
