The Lady of Brassempouy

By Christian Aniel Lemarcis

The Lady of Brassempouy is the story of a passionate love affair at the end of the nineteenth century in a small village in the Chalosse France region.

Coraline de Saint-Cricq, a widow, mother, and grandmother in her disillusioned fifties, flees Bordeaux where she has not been particularly happy, seeking a peaceful existence in the countryside. She distances herself from everything-her family, friends, and her former social life. She devotes herself to her passions for gardening and watercolor painting, as well as local charitable works. However, boredom plunges her daily life into a certain neurasthenia. The village priest then seizes this sensitive and vulnerable soul to study and torment her.

An unexpected visit disrupts the life of the woman the villagers call the ch telaine.

Fantin, a brilliant and reserved young man who was once Coraline's prot g at the Libourne orphanage, arrives in Brassempouy to assist paleontologists who have undertaken excavations of a recently discovered cave in the surrounding woods.

This novel tells the story of a woman's emancipation through love, study, and work. Simultaneously, it invites us step by step to follow the discovery of what will be called the Mona Lisa of prehistory: the Lady of Brassempouy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DVCGY2QT
• ISBN13: 9798308511540
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"