NODRIZA, LA (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Vallejo-nagera, Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8466643028 ISBN 13: 9788466643023

Publisher: RUSTICA, 2009

Synopsis

Las calles de Paris huelen a muerte, acaban de decapitar a Maria Antonieta. Por ellas deambula su ninera, Lala, hasta que encuentra una taberna en la que consigue que le den cobijo a cambio de cuidar a un enfermo. En este su nuevo destino, decide escribir una larga carta en la que cuenta todos los entresijos de la corte francesa desde que entro a trabajar como ninera de Maria Antonieta, futura reina de Francia y esposa de Luis XVI, su influencia politica, sus gustos, sus rarezas, hasta su muerte el 16 de octubre de 1793. Maria Vallejo-Nagera, una de las autoras mas prometedoras en el panorama de la narrativa espanola, nos describe con maestria los sentimientos de una mujer destinada a ser reina en una epoca dificil en que la corte de Versalles marcaba sus reglas y el amor cortesano decidia la alta politica. La nodriza aporta una vision nueva de un personaje historico fascinante y todo el color de una epoca desde el corazon de una mujer del pueblo. / The streets of Paris smell of death, theyve just beheaded Marie Antoinette. In there wanders her nanny, Lalla, until she finds a tavern where she gets shelter in exchange for caring for a patient. On this new destination, decides to write a long letter in which she tells all the secrets of the French court since she began working as a nanny for Marie Antoinette, future queen of France and wife of Louis XVI, their political influence, their tastes, their eccentricities, until her death on October 16, 1793.

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"The streets of Paris smell of death, they’ve just beheaded Marie Antoinette. In there wanders her nanny, Lalla, until she finds a tavern where she gets shelter in exchange for caring for a patient. On this new destination, decides to write a long letter in which she tells all the secrets of the French court since she began working as a nanny for Marie Antoinette, future queen of France and wife of Louis XVI, their political influence, their tastes, their eccentricities, until her death on October 16, 1793."

About this edition

• Publisher: RUSTICA
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 8466643028
• ISBN 13: 9788466643023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368