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The Disenchantment

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內容簡介 瑪莉‧凱薩琳擁有一切17世紀法國女人想要的─可靠的丈夫、地位與財富，她是卡多尼伯爵夫人，有可愛的孩子們，但她也像同時代大多數的貴族女人─必須和自己沒有感情的男人結婚。她總是很孤單，只能透過照料孩子得到些許安慰，但當她在文藝沙龍遇見維多莉亞‧德‧康堤後，她的世界開始完全不同了。維多莉亞是沙龍的女主人，也喜歡故意女扮男裝逗弄參加沙龍的貴族太太們，瑪莉立即和維多莉亞墜入愛河，偷偷幽會，兩人的愛成為支撐她在枯燥無味的婚姻生活中的力量。但一次意外下，瑪莉“出軌”的事情被卡多尼伯爵發現了，伯爵逼問妻子是和哪個男人搞外遇，正當她深怕秘密就此曝光的時候，伯爵卻被人發現在家中離奇死亡，有人看見一個蒙面的男子逃離現場！所有的矛頭都指向瑪莉和她的外遇對象，而負責調查的警長蓋布列爾也是這樣認為，監視瑪莉的一舉一動，為了守護他們最珍貴的秘密，瑪莉和維多莉亞只好鋌而走險，卻被捲入更黑暗且劇大的陰謀中...A Best Historical Fiction of 2023 selection in The TimesAn Evening Standard Ones to Watch for 2023 pickEveryone connected to the court of Louis XIV has something to hide. For the Baroness Marie Catherine, it is the pleasures she seeks outside of her unhappy marriage, indulging in a more liberated existence of decadent salons and discussions with writers and scholars. At the centre of her illicit freedom is her lover Victoire Rose de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Conti, the androgynous, self-assured countess.When Victoire's devotion results in an act of murder to save Marie Catherine, the pair must escape from the clutches of Paris' overzealous chief of police. As they attempt to outwit him, they are led to the darkest corners of Paris and Versailles, discovering lies, mysticism, and people with secrets they too would kill to keep. Fast-paced, opulent and hypnotically absorbing, Celia Bell's debut is a love story to die for.

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各界推薦 A hothouse atmosphere in which depravity, sensuality, and duplicity reside side by side, and Marie Catherine's plight builds in suspense as the noose tightens around her ... a bold and inspired mix of Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Crucible. ― Publishers Weekly starred reviewThe Disenchantment is filled with rich and beautiful detail that brings 17th Century Paris to life. Marie Catherine's struggle to remain true to herself despite the restrictions she faces is depicted with understated power, and hers is a story that will stay with me for a long time. -- Elizabeth Lee, author of Cunning WomenA powerful, atmospheric debut ― Sunday TimesIn this bewitching work of historical fiction. . . . Bell elegantly balances the passion of a romance with the tension of crime fiction, all while conjuring a Paris rich in sensuous detail. . . . An astonishingly accomplished debut that brings a past full of intrigue and ardor to life on the page. ― Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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作者介紹 Celia Bell's short fiction has appeared in VQR, The White Review, The Sewanee Review, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Austin, Texas, where she works in beekeeping when not writing.

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