'A darkly sumptuous tale of wicked spectacle, wild injustice and
the insuppressible strength of women' EMMA STONEX, Sunday Times
bestselling author of THE LAMPLIGHTERS'In this darkly delightful
Gothic treasure, Mas explores grief, trauma and sisterhood behind
the walls of Paris' infamous Salpetriere hospital' PAULA HAWKINS,
author of A SLOW FIRE BURNING'A beautifully written debut...I have
absolutely no doubt it will be one of my favourite novels of 2021.'
AJ PEARCE, author of DEAR MRS BIRDThe Salpetriere asylum, 1885. All
of Paris is in thrall to Doctor Charcot and his displays of
hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad or hysterical, outcasts
from society. But the truth is much more complicated - for these
women are often simply inconvenient, unwanted wives or
strong-willed daughters.Once a year a grand ball is held at the
hospital. For the Parisian elite, the Mad Women's Ball is the
highlight of the social season, for the women themselves, it is a
rare moment of hope.Genevieve is a senior nurse. After the
childhood death of her sister, she has shunned religion and placed
her faith in Doctor Charcot and his new science.But everything
begins to change when she meets Eugenie, the 19-year-old daughter
of a bourgeois family. Because Eugenie has a secret, and she needs
Genevieve's help. Their fates will collide on the night of the Mad
Women's Ball...'Essential reading' COSMOPOLITAN'A deftly woven tale
of hope and pain, judgement and redemption, cruelty and
kindness.Utterly captivating and profoundly affecting.' Sunday
Times bestseller, MIRANDA DICKENSON'Enter the dance of this little
masterpiece and let yourself be dazzled. Assured of hitting the
bestseller lists' THE PARISIAN'A lovely, moving first novel, a cri
de coeur against the condition of women in this world' MARIE
FRANCE'The Mad Women's Ball is as lush on the inside as it is on
the outside! It's richly immersive, taking us right into the heart
of nineteenth-century Paris.' SHELLEY HARRIS, author of the Sunday
Times bestseller JUBILEE
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Sardothien. Teraz je Aelin Galathynius, dedička terrasenského
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