A Letter to Madame - Vinke, Lindy
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A Letter to Madame is an intriguing mystery set in 1790 in France in the second year of the Revolution. The fascinating and mysterious Comte de Navasse, who owns a plantation on the French colony of Saint Domingue, takes Paris by storm. When he meets the beautiful Sophie, Comtesse de Boise, he is astonished to notice that she looks almost identical to a portrait that he owns of a woman called Adèle de Montbasson. Sophie's investigation into the history of Navasse and Adèle leads her to a series of fateful discoveries not only about their lives but about her own. This is a story of betrayal,…mehr

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A Letter to Madame is an intriguing mystery set in 1790 in France in the second year of the Revolution. The fascinating and mysterious Comte de Navasse, who owns a plantation on the French colony of Saint Domingue, takes Paris by storm. When he meets the beautiful Sophie, Comtesse de Boise, he is astonished to notice that she looks almost identical to a portrait that he owns of a woman called Adèle de Montbasson. Sophie's investigation into the history of Navasse and Adèle leads her to a series of fateful discoveries not only about their lives but about her own. This is a story of betrayal, hardship and revenge that weaves its way through the streets of Paris, the prison of Vincennes, the palace of the Tuileries, the magnificent Châteaux of the aristocracy, the courtrooms of the Palais de Justice and the plantations of the French Colonies. Its characters include Royalty and aristocrats, politicians and spies, prostitutes and slaves. The complex political and economic issues of the time form the backdrop to this rich and atmospheric novel, which will keep you spellbound until the last page. A Letter to Madame is the second novel in a series set during the French Revolution. It is the sequel to A Favour for Marie Antoinette, which is set in 1789.