In the forest of Machecoul in western France, the old Marquis de Souday raises his twin daughters, Bertha and Mary, like boys; the peasants call them the she-wolves. When the Duchesse de Berry, disguised as Petit-Pierre, comes to rouse the Vendée for her son against Louis-Philippe, a shy young neighbour, Michel, is swept into the conspiracy and into love.
Late Dumas adventure about France’s last royalist rising, for readers who have finished the Musketeers. Download the free EPUB.
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