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'PARIS 1793 - a young new republic struggling to survive
'Adored by the heroes of the French Revolution, Fleur, a beautiful aristocrat, is playing a hazardous game of double deception.
'Who is this lovely widow who runs the Parisian cafe Le Chat Rouge and keeps company with a python, a mysterious cross-dresser and the daring actress La Coquette? Handsome deputy Raoul de Villaret is determined to find out the truth, But as he and Fleur play a cat and mouse game of seduction, the journalist Marat is using people power for his own ends, and when Fleur's friend, Charlotte Corday, arrives in Paris, all hell breaks loose. For Raoul and Fleur, as the city plunges into chaos, falling in love is the greatest risk of all.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For my daughter Claire and son Leo - the freedom to speak our thoughts without fear is precious - keep it safe.
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Epigraph: In the Spring of 1793, the unity of revolutionary France was crumbling. Ringed by enemy monarchies and ravaged by dissent within, the inexperienced government, brimful with idealism, was struggling to equip its armies and feed its people. But he theatres were still playing, the former chefs to the grand seigneurs were opening cafes and restaurants, and it was still possible to fall in love. 'The Memoirs of Francoise-Antoinette De Montbulliou', 1816.
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Romance Rekindled after the Revolution
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 February 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of Fleur-de-Lis 2004 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 March 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of Fleur-de-Lis 2004 single work novel -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 83 no. 7 2004; (p. 36)
— Review of Fleur-de-Lis 2004 single work novel
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Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 83 no. 7 2004; (p. 36)
— Review of Fleur-de-Lis 2004 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 March 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of Fleur-de-Lis 2004 single work novel -
Romance Rekindled after the Revolution
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 February 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of Fleur-de-Lis 2004 single work novel
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