Gita Trelease Boeken

Liberté by Gita Trelease is the spell-binding sequel to the bestselling Enchanteé.Magic. Betrayal. Sacrifice.Camille Durbonne gambled everything she had to keep herself and her sister safe. But as the people of Paris starve and mobs riot, safety may no longer be possible . . .Not when Camille lives for the rebellion. In the pamphlets she prints, she tells the stories of girls living at society's margins. But as her writings captivate the public, she begins to suspect a dark magic she can't control lies at the heart of her success. Then Louis XVI declares magic a crime and all magicians traitors to France. As bonfires incinerate enchanted books and special police prowl the city, the time for magic - and those who work it - is running out.In this new Paris where allegiances shift and violence erupts, the answers Camille seeks set her on a perilous path, one that may cost her the boy she loves - and even her life. If she can discover who she truly is before vengeful forces unmask her, she may still win this deadly game of revolution.

Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries - and magicians . . . When smallpox kills her parents, seventeen-year-old Camille is left to provide for her frail sister and her volatile brother. In desperation, she survives by using the petty magic she learnt from her mother. But when her brother disappears Camille decides to pursue a richer, more dangerous mark: the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.Using dark magic Camille transforms herself into the 'Baroness de la Fontaine' and presents herself at the court of Versaille, where she soon finds herself swept up in a dizzying life of riches, finery and suitors. But Camille's resentment of the rich is at odds with the allure of their glamour and excess, and she soon discovers that she's not the only one leading a double life . . .Enchantée is a compelling historical fantasy and is Gita Trelease's debut novel.

Dekadentní příběh o lásce, magii a revoluci. Paříž je v roce 1789 město plné žebráků, zlodějů, revolucionářů – a mágů... Camille se stará o mladší sestřičku, a ještě musí ukočírovat rozmařilého bratra. Zprvu jí pomůže drobná, každodenní magie. Ta ale nevydrží věčně, takže se musí vydat do Versailles. Čím déle je u dvora, tím méně pohrdá šlechtou, ale také potká mladíka, který jí dá naději, že může mít lásku i svobodu. Když vypukne revoluce, musí se Camille rozhodnout, na kterou stranu barikády se postaví, dřív než Paříž shoří.