by Pierre Assouline · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070776146
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«Le portrait» is the historical novel by Pierre Assouline, published by Gallimard in paperback (308 pages, in French).
In the novel, the portrait of Baroness Betty de Rothschild, painted by Ingres in 1818, becomes the narrator: from the wall where it hangs, it observes and recounts all it sees and hears. For a century and a half, it witnesses the splendours and storms of the Rothschild family, one of the most legendary and discreet financial dynasties in Europe.
Published in 2007, the edition belongs to Gallimard's Blanche collection. The cover features a period female portrait.
For readers of historical fiction interested in art and great European family sagas.
Pierre Assouline is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio.
