Viva la Revolution! (sort of)
Ripples in Stone (Ripples in Stone #1) by Claire Harper
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Being walled up in a convent, a silent order at that, by your family for something your sister did is so unjust that I was shocked. Not only that the Abbess de Tourmont was a bully, self interested and a harsh disciplinarian. Lady Geneviève was fourteen when she entered into the Abbey as a novice. It is a time of unrest in Paris and their majesties have retired from the troublesome area waiting for calm. Their court of course travels with them.
Viva la Revolution! (sort of) As background, her sister Félicité had been acting as the King’s mistress, however the King bedded their sister Celeste to prove he wasn’t impotent. Unfortunately the Pope is furious because bedding sisters is incest. Someone had to pay. That someone was the horse mad, innocent Geneviève.
What’s really happening is that the aristocracy is caught in the snare of the French Revolution, fighting for their positions.
Geneviève might have survived with her spirit intact but her magnificent horse is not so fortunate.
I found the story complicated and had difficulty relating to events that followed.
There were too many threads waiting to be pulled.
Viva la Revolution! (sort of) As background, her sister Félicité had been acting as the King’s mistress, however the King bedded their sister Celeste to prove he wasn’t impotent. Unfortunately the Pope is furious because bedding sisters is incest. Someone had to pay. That someone was the horse mad, innocent Geneviève.
What’s really happening is that the aristocracy is caught in the snare of the French Revolution, fighting for their positions.
Geneviève might have survived with her spirit intact but her magnificent horse is not so fortunate.
I found the story complicated and had difficulty relating to events that followed.
There were too many threads waiting to be pulled.
A Victory ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher.
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