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The Harp Lesson

by Emma Tennant · 2005

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Set in Revolutionary France, this atmospheric novel explores the life of La Belle Pamela'. As a child Pamela Sims is taken from England to the French court, where she is brought up in luxury as the illegitimate daughter of Madame de Genlis. Exploring how her past shaped the extraordinary lives of Pamela and her daughter, this novel captures the atmosphere of 18th-century France and the complexity of a world where your origins are everything.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
mother daughtermother daughterMore like thisLess of thisrevolutionrevolutionMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 159 pages

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