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Le fils du rebelle
En 1839, au cœur des montagnes du Caucase, les cavaliers musulmans résistent à l'invasion des armées du tsar Nicolas Ier. Contraints de négocier avec les Russes, ils leur remettent le fils aîné de leur imam, garant de leur bonne foi durant les pourparlers de paix. Mais les Russes, au mépris de la parole donnée, enlèvent le petit garçon âgé de huit ans, et l'envoient à Saint-Pétersbourg. L'enfant y connaît une vie d'angoisses, de déchirures et de découvertes. Le Tsar, touché par sa dignité, le fait instruire avec ses propres fils. Il devient un lettré, peintre, musicien, excellent officier.
Cependant, il ne renie pas ses origines et reste fidèle à l'Islam. Jusqu'au jour où il tombe amoureux... Écartelé entre deux cultures et deux fidélités, le prince Djemmal-Eddin se trouve alors confronté à un impossible choix, dans un conflit intérieur où l'amour et l'honneur se combattent.
Cependant, il ne renie pas ses origines et reste fidèle à l'Islam. Jusqu'au jour où il tombe amoureux... Écartelé entre deux cultures et deux fidélités, le prince Djemmal-Eddin se trouve alors confronté à un impossible choix, dans un conflit intérieur où l'amour et l'honneur se combattent.
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Alexandra Lapierre
41 books164 followersAlexandra Lapierre has won international acclaim for her writing. Her works have been widely translated and she has received numerous awards, including the Honorary Award of the Association of American University Women. She earned an MFA degree in 1981 from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
The daughter of the writer Dominique Lapierre, she was brought up surrounded by books. At the Sorbonne in Paris, she learned how to research. And, she said, her studies at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and the University of Southern California taught her how to tell a story, "something we have forgotten a bit in French literature today."
She was voted Woman of Culture by the city of Rome, Italy, and has been nominated Chevalier in the “Order of Arts and Letters” by the French government. Her most recent work, L’Excessive, was an immediate best seller in Europe and is being developed for a television series. Alexandra Lapierre lives in Paris.
The daughter of the writer Dominique Lapierre, she was brought up surrounded by books. At the Sorbonne in Paris, she learned how to research. And, she said, her studies at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and the University of Southern California taught her how to tell a story, "something we have forgotten a bit in French literature today."
She was voted Woman of Culture by the city of Rome, Italy, and has been nominated Chevalier in the “Order of Arts and Letters” by the French government. Her most recent work, L’Excessive, was an immediate best seller in Europe and is being developed for a television series. Alexandra Lapierre lives in Paris.
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