The Prisoner of the Castle of Enlightenment

Therese Doucet

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English

Miscellaneous
04 February 2020

Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction; Cultural & Period Fantasy; Epic Fantasy; Fairy Tale; Magic

A lover in and of the darkness ...

Violaine, a devotee of books and learning, finds herself sold by her father to a mysterious nobleman to become his companion. Fearing herself at the mercy of a monster, Violaine instead succumbs to the seductive spell of her magical new home, and the love of a man she has never seen, who comes to her only in the darkness of night.

The Château de Boisaulne is a place of many mysteries, but also a refuge for children of the Enlightenment in a time when Europe still languishes under the repressive chains of monarchy and superstition. But modern thought meets ancient lore, as the castle borders the forest lair of the roi des aulnes, an ogre said to be the ancestor of Violaine's unseen lover...or are they one and the same?

By: Therese Doucet
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 327g
ISBN: 9781941072622
ISBN 10: 1941072623
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 04 February 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Prisoner of the Castle of Enlightenment

At the center of Therese Doucet's enchanting debut novel is a library teeming with rare and unusual volumes. The Prisoner of the Castle of Enlightenment feels like a book pulled from its shelves, a heady mix of historical fiction, fairy tale, philosophy, demonology, and romance. Call it baroquepunk--a fantasy of the French Enlightenment with a libertine edge and a goth heartbeat. -- Jeff Jackson, author of Destroy All Monsters and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist The Prisoner of the Castle of Enlightenment took me on a journey, to France, to centuries ago, to the exotic and erotic castle where ideas and philosophy are debated and fought over, and the desire to learn more, to be more, to love more deepens, especially as night descends. Unforgettable. A fabulist, fabulous tale from a new novelist to watch. -- Caroline Bock, author of Carry Her Home, Before My Eyes and Lie