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Qaston, Marquis de Polignac, was still asleep. But for the wooden blinds, all but closed at the casements, the bedroom had been flooded with the light of a Paris summer morning. The Marquise, Marie Qabrielle, in her white night-robe, moved with noiseless step to interpose a screen between the sleeper and the windows, and then sat down upon the bedstep, one arm half-encircling his pillow, to gaze upon his face with tender solicitude. In the half-lights it acquired a pallor and the hollows below his eyes a purole tint, indicative of strenuous days and arduous nights spent in too rijpd succession in the service of the War Department oi his Majesty, Louis Quatorze. For the many life is played out before a very few set scenes of furniture and trappings, which will, in various new conjunctions, form, the present liferenters gone, backgrounds for other lives, figuring the whiles between in the terse and sordid descriptive phrases of an auctioneers
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This captivating novel transports readers to the heart of 17th century France, where an aristocratic lady, the Marquise de Polignac, grapples with a dangerous secret that could destroy her reputation. When the mysterious "Red Neighbor," a notorious purveyor of illicit potions and forbidden knowledge, is arrested and thrown into the infamous Conciergerie prison, the Marquise finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue and deceit. Desperate to protect her own reputation, she enlists the help of a cunning doctor, Dr. Levani, who offers to purchase the Red Neighbor's secrets in exchange for access to the imprisoned woman. As the doctor delves deeper into the Red Neighbor's world, he uncovers a hidden society of influential patrons who seek to exploit the power of the forbidden. The author paints a vivid portrait of a society on the brink of change, where the old order clashes with the rise of a new, more rational age. Through its exploration of illicit desires, social mores, and the limits of human nature, this book offers a profound meditation on power, morality, and the eternal struggle between tradition and progress. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780243916665_0
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