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Bagatelle is a novel written by Maurice Denuzière. Released in 1981, it is the third book in Denuzière's Louisiane series and tells of the history of the Louisiane plantation during the dying years of the 19th century.
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1898-1920. The turn of the 20th century, from the unknown events of the Spanish-American conflict over the Cuban issue to the participation of the United States in the First World War, including the surge of black gold in the cotton lands, the beginnings jazz, the backfires of the first automobiles, the exploits of flying madmen.
Spring 1898: in the memory of Virginie, the unforgettable lady of Bagatelle, and of Clarence Dandrige, faithful steward of the plantation, prototype of the Cavalier of an Old South abolished since the Civil War, under the leadership of Gustave de Castel- Brajac, an exuberant descendant of a musketeer who emigrated to Louisiana, the young generation tries, in its own way, to maintain traditions, while blending into modernity. The peaceful grandson of the beautiful Virginie, called to a serene future alongside his wife, granddaughter of a Choctaw of high lineage, will find himself swept away towards a tragic destiny to satisfy his father's ambitions? A new episode of this vast romantic fresco, tender and violent, on the banks of the Mississippi.
After Louisiana (twenty-five translations) and Fausse-Rivière (thirty-two weeks in the bestseller lists), Bagatelle, which can be read independently of the first two volumes, enjoyed comparable success and made millions of readers dream.
Critics unanimously recognized its author as one of the masters of the historical novel.
(this was translated from French using Google Translate)
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