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  • Location: Paris, Versailles

The Tarot Reader of Versailles

The Tarot Reader of Versailles

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1789: It is the early days of the French Revolution and, on the streets of Paris, terror reigns.

  • ISBN: 978-1786582560
  • Genre: Fiction, Historical, Inspired by true events

What you need to know before your trail

Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand is a young woman with an extraordinary power – through her tarot cards, she can commune with the dead, revolutionaries and the aristocracy alike seeking her out to divine their fortunes. Lenormand is loyal to Marie Antoinette and the dauphin of France, but she has seen the queen’s fate in the cards and must take care that it doesn’t become her own.

Then, one fateful day, she comes across Cait, a scullery maid from Ireland who has travelled to Paris for love. Cait has powers too – she can read people’s pasts as Lenormand reads their futures. The two young women share an electrifying connection, drawn to each other’s abilities. But Cait is hiding something. What will she do – and who will she betray – to bring revolution to the shores of her beloved Ireland too?

Travel Guide

Paris and Versailles

Inspired by the astonishing true story of Marie-Anne Adelaide Lenormand

Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand (1772–1843) was a French bookseller, necromancer, fortune-teller and cartomancer.

She was highly influential on the wave of French cartomancy that began in the late 18th century. She claimed to have given cartomantic advice to many famous persons, among them leaders of the French Revolution (Marat, Robespierre and St-Just), Empress Josephine and Tsar Alexander I.

BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Tarot Reader of Versailles

Destination/location: Paris, Versailles   Author/guide:  Anya Bergman Departure Time: 1789

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