L’auteure : Gwendoline Finaz de Villaine
Ancienne élève de la Maîtrise Radio France, Sciences Po Paris et HEC, Elle intègre la Compagnie Louret en 2003, («Les Années Twist», «Les Années Tube» sur TF1). Elle participe à plusieurs comédies musicales dont «Attention Mesdames et Messieurs» avec Michel Fugain aux Folies Bergère en 2005.
En 2006, elle tourne dans la série produite par France 3 «Le Réveillon des Bonnes», et participe au grand prix Claude Lemesle de la Sacem. En 2008, elle enregistre des titres en tant qu’auteur-compositeur à Londres. Suivront des collaborations avec Elie Chouraqui, Tristan Duval (Les Opéras en plein air), des concerts au Zèbre à Paris et au Divan du Monde.
« De poudre, de cendre et d’or» est son troisième roman. Gwendoline Finaz De Villaine a auparavant écrit la saga des Brumes de Grandville qui rencontre actuellement un succès public considérable. Le joaillier Cartier a bien voulu recevoir Gwendoline dans son écrin rue de la Paix pour mieux l’imprégner des merveilles de créativité de cette grande maison tout au long de son histoire.
The writer : Gwendoline Finaz de Villaine
Former student of the Master Radio France, Sciences Po Paris and HEC, She joined Compagnie Louret in 2003 (« The Twist Years », « The Tube Years » on TF1). She has participated in several musicals including « Attention Mesdames et Messieurs » with Michel Fugain at the Folies Bergère in 2005.
In 2006, she turned in the series produced by France 3 « The New Year of the Good », and participated in the Grand Prix Claude Lemesle Sacem. In 2008, she recorded titles as a songwriter in London. There will be collaborations with Elie Chouraqui, Tristan Duval (Operas en plein air), concerts at Zebre in Paris and Divan du Monde.
« Powder, ashes and gold » is her third novel. Gwendoline Finaz De Villaine has previously written the saga of the Mists of Grandville which is currently meeting a considerable public success. The jeweler Cartier was kind enough to receive Gwendoline in its setting on rue de la Paix to better imbue it with the wonders of creativity of this great house throughout its history.
PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK
« We are all Kintsugis at heart, pots cracked and damaged by life; except in the East, we repair broken pots with gold … «
Eva Greville, twenty-seven years old, head of archives and heritage at Cartier, comes across a mysterious painting of Maharajah, which propels it magically in the past, in the heart of colonial India. Ahurie and shocked, the young woman finds herself in Bombay in 1912, accused of stealing the Eye of Idol, a necklace of diamonds of colossal value, intended for the ruler of Jaipur. From palaces of Rajasthan to the Ajanta Caves, from mystical India to the Ranthambore tiger hunt, Eva seeks to exculpate herself and lead the investigation, while succumbing to the charm of an irreducible Englishman, Hartford Wesley. Torn between the past and the present, the young woman will survive and face the ups and downs of the revolt of the Indian people, subject to the tutelage of the British Raj. Will she be able to solve the enigma of the necklace and choose between two identities, two destinies?
A cognac diamond, a journey back in time and a realm lost to unparalleled magnificence … Eva Greville plunges into the adventure to forget her disastrous existence, to find herself and to rebuild herself. After the Mists of Grandville, discover the new saga of Gwendoline Finaz de Villaine, a great romantic fresco in the heart of India Maharajahs.
