Evening: Of Powder, Ash and Gold

For the release of Gwendoline Finaz de Villaine's book, the association 4 couleurs gathered around the artist a painter, a designer, a bookbinder, a paper master, a cardboard maker, a Vegan caterer, an independent champagne producer, a ladies' tailor, a turban designer, etc... They all participated in bringing the novel to life! When you read the book you will discover that the two key elements of the story are a Maharajah painting and a necklace...

Thanks to all the artists and craftsmen, especially Charlotte Barrault, painter, Luc Kieffer, jewellery designer and Geraldine Venant Mouroux, bookbinder, the characters came out of the book's imagination to become real! "We are all Kintsugis in the end, cracked pots damaged by life; except that in the East, broken pots are repaired with gold...

Eva Greville, a twenty-seven-year-old archive and heritage manager at Cartier, stumbles upon a mysterious painting of a Maharajah, which magically propels her back in time to the heart of colonial India. Shocked and confused, the young woman finds herself in Bombay in 1912, accused of stealing the Eye of the Idol, a diamond necklace of colossal value, intended for the ruler of Jaipur. From the palaces of Rajasthan to the caves of Ajantâ, from mystical India to the tiger hunt of Ranthambore, Eva seeks to clear her name and leads the investigation, while succumbing to the charm of an unyielding Englishman, Hartford Wesley. Torn between the past and the present, the young woman will have to survive and face the jolts of the Indian people's revolt, subjected 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? Cognac diamond, time travel and a lost kingdom of unparalleled magnificence...

Eva Greville plunges into adventure to forget her disastrous existence, find herself and rebuild. After Les Brumes de Grandville, discover the new saga of Gwendoline Finaz de Villaine, a great romantic fresco in the heart of the India of the Maharajahs.

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