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Literature: 3 exceptional women to (re)discover

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Their names are Gabrielle, Belle and Cleopatra. Fascinating because they are unpredictable, they have made history through their determination to want to be free to think and live... Immerse yourself in their extraordinary journey through 3 captivating books.

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Coco and the water of love, Michelle Marly, Fleuve Editions

1919. Gabrielle Chanel cannot recover from the disappearance of his great love, Arthur Capet, who died suddenly in a car accident. His pain is abysmal. This passion is inscribed in her. From this pain, the designer will nevertheless make a strength. She will freeze her memory at the heart of a perfume. Thus is born the legendary perfume N°5.

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Beautiful GreeneAlexandra Lapierre, Flammarion editions

New York, at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Beautiful Greene, modern young woman, created for the Morgan library de New York a collection of rare and old books. Through hard work and passion, she was quickly appreciated by the international aristocracy in which she evolved. But Belle hides a secret. That of his african american origins. Which in the segregationist America of the time could ruin his career. In order to live her dreams, she chooses to give up her pass. An unknown and fascinating destiny that echoes current generations.

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Hyerogliphica, Cleopatra and Egypt, Rosanna Gorris Camos, Presses Universitaires François-Rabelais editions

Descendant of goddess isis, the Absolute Woman, Cleopatra, queen of egypt ambitious and cultured led her people as heads of state. During the Renaissance many scholars like Jodelle and Giraldi Cinthio were interested in the different facets of Cleopatra and Egypt in literature and art. They underline their fascination for this woman of character bewitching who embodied multiple qualities until she became mistress of her tragic end.

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Written by Marie-Laure Vallée


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