City of Crows. Get the App. About the Book. From award-winning author Chris Womersley comes an extraordinary historical novel set in seventeenth-century Paris. "One of the unrepentantly daring and original talents in the landscape of Australian fiction" Sydney . · The following is from Chris Womersley's novel, City of Crows. Set in 17th century France, the novel follows Charlotte Picot, a young woman searching for her missing son. Along with quick-witted charlatan Adam Lesage, she embarks on a journey to Paris. Chris Womersley’s previous novels have won several awards, including the Ned Kelly Award and the Indie bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. · City of Crows by Chris Womersley ($) is the first of three historical novels to be featured on this list. Here is the synopsis: France, Desperate to save herself and her only surviving child from an outbreak of plague, the widow Charlotte Picot flees her village to seek sanctuary in Lyon.
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for City of Crows by Chris Womersley (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! "A gothic masterpiece."― Better Read Than Dead Set in seventeenth-century France―a country in the thrall of dark magic, its social fabric weakened by years of plague―Chris Womersley's City of Crows is a richly imagined and engrossing tour de force. Inspired by real-life events, it tells the story of Charlotte Picot, a young woman from the country forced to venture to the fearsome city of. CITY OF CROWS. by Chris Womersley. BUY NOW FROM. AMAZON Womersley's Paris is a tableau vivant of repellent sights and scents, overcrowding, nonexistent sanitation, and abject poverty. Lesage rejoins his Parisian accomplices: charlatans, magicians, and witches who profitably exploit the superstitions of the spoiled nobility.
Charlotte and Adam―comically ill-matched yet essential to one another―journey to Paris, then known as the City of Crows. Evoking pre-revolutionary France with all its ribaldry, superstition, and intrigue, “Womersley weaves a haunting tale of the drastic lengths people will go to achieve their deepest desires” (Publishers Weekly). Set in seventeenth-century France—a country in the thrall of dark magic, its social fabric weakened by years of plague—Chris Womersley's City of Crows is a richly imagined and engrossing tour de force. Inspired by real-life events, it tells the story of Charlotte Picot, a young woman from the country forced to venture to the fearsome city of Paris in search of her only-remaining son, Nicolas. Set in seventeenth-century France—a country in the thrall of dark magic, its social fabric weakened by years of plague—Chris Womersley’s City of Crows is a richly imagined and engrossing tour de force. Inspired by real-life events, it tells the story of Charlotte Picot, a young woman forced to venture to the fearsome city of Paris in search of her kidnapped son, Nicolas.
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