The Marquis de Massa, a cavalry officer and playwright, set this novel in the fashionable world he knew. It opens at the Frères-Provençaux restaurant with birds of prey and a ruinous game, and follows the bold, elegant Zibeline, with her fast trotting horse, through the great houses, rivalries and affairs of the heart of aristocratic Paris.
A polished French society romance, introduced by a letter from Jules Claretie. Download the free EPUB.