Madame Sans-Gêne, Tome 1 : Roman tiré de la Pièce de Mm. Victorien Sardou et Émile Moreau
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Sans-G%C3%AAne_(play) Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Sans-G%C3%AAne_(obra_de_teatro) Release date is 2013-04-06
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"Madame Sans-Gêne, Tome 1" by Edmond Lepelletier, Émile Moreau, and Victorien Sardou is a historical comedy premiered in 1893. A frank-speaking Parisian washerwoman named Cathérine earns the nickname "Madame Sans-Gêne" for her blunt manner. When her husband becomes a marshal under Napoleon, she enters imperial high society but refuses to abandon her common origins. Her unpolished ways clash with court expectations, leading to a confrontation with the Emperor himself over matters of loyalty, class, and an unpaid laundry bill from his early military days. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815 -- Fiction