Chantal Thomas

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Chantal Thomas


Born
Lyon, France
Genre
Historical Fiction, History


Chantal Thomas (born 1945 in Lyon) is a French writer and historian. Her 2002 book, Farewell, My Queen, won the Prix Femina and was adapted into a 2012 film starring Diane Kruger and Léa Seydoux.

Thomas was born in Lyon in 1945, and was raised in Arcachon, Bordeaux, and Paris. Her life has included teaching jobs at American and French universities (such as Yale and Princeton) as well as a publishing career. She has published nineteen works, including essays on the Marquis de Sade, Casanova, and Marie Antoinette.

In 2002, Thomas published Les adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen). The novel gave a fictional account of the final days of Marie Antoinette in power through the perspective of one of her servants. It won the Prix Femina in 2002, an ...more

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The Exchange of Princesses
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Souvenirs de la marée basse
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Journal de nage
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Comment supporter sa liberté
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Café vivre
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De sable et de neige
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East village blues
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Le testament d'Olympe
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“The sea of night was at low tide. That dreaded zone where the worst that has happened to you resurfaces to assail you once again and drag you to the bottom.”
― Chantal Thomas, Farewell, My Queen
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“After the old lady's death, the little girl is the only truthful person left.”
― Chantal Thomas, The Exchange of Princesses
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“The original exchange is made in reverse. The dowager queen of Spain for the queen-infanta of France. A half-mad teenager for a deposed child.”
― Chantal Thomas, The Exchange of Princesses
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