The Modern Fairies

WINNER OF THE TADEUSZ BRADECKI PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ENCORE AWARD

'A novel with oodles of charm' The Times

'Elegant, decadent, vulgar, clever, enchanting and dark' Sarah Perry, author of Enlightenment

Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody i ...