The leopard boy /Daniel Picouly ; translated by Jeanne Garane.

Picouly, Daniel, 1948-

The leopard boy /Daniel Picouly ; translated by Jeanne Garane. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource - CARAF books : Caribbean and African literature translated from French .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Dame guillotine -- Edmond and Jones -- Rue des Moineaux -- Sweet victory -- Haarlem -- Moka -- Sainte-Plagie prison -- La du Barry -- Zamor -- The marquise -- Black Felorme -- Marie-Antoinette -- Afterword.

"This prize-winning historical novel, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, centers on the search by conflicting parties for a mottled-skinned boy rumored to be the son of Marie-Antoinette and a man of color. Of mixed-race parentage himself, Daniel Picouly offers a prescient re-creation of postcolonial France in light of its immigrant population"--



9780813937915


Illegitimate children of royalty--France.
Racially mixed children--Fiction.
Queens--France--Fiction.


Electronic Books.

PQ2676 / .L467 2016