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Ce roman, publié en deux volumes (1 - L'Occident, 2 - L'Orient), retrace l'épopée jusqu'en Chine, pays alors inconnu des Européens, d'une vive et audacieuse princesse sicilienne. Dans un Moyen Âge où la Renaissance se profile déjà à l'horizon, Fiordalisa participe à une ambassade destinée à obtenir l'alliance de l'empereur de Chine face à la menace des Mongols. Elle devient ainsi la première femme d'Occident à découvrir la Chine, à subir le choc de l'immersion soudaine dans une civilisation d'un raffinement inimaginable pour un Européen de cette époque. La Chine de la dynastie Song est, en effet, à son apogée au plan scientifique, artistique et philosophique - ce qui ne va pas lui épargner le déferlement des hordes barbares. Introduite, par les hasards du destin, dans le premier cercle du pouvoir impérial, Fiordalisa sera un témoin privilégié de ce drame sanglant de l'histoire de l'Empire du Milieu. Fiordalisa va, au cours de sa vie aventureuse, séduire ou affronter des personnages parmi les plus fascinants de l'histoire, depuis le fougueux Charles d'Anjou, frère de Saint-Louis, jusqu'à Wen Tianxiang, héros de la résistance chinoise à l'invasion menée par Khubilaï, petit-fils de Gengis Khan. L'auteur s'appuie sur des faits avérés pour proposer une approche originale de l'histoire de ce XIIIe siècle qui nous fait méditer sur le nôtre en nous montrant le caractère éternel de la crédulité des peuples et des turpitudes de la politique.
About the Author: De formation scientifique (École Polytechnique, Supélec, Génie maritime - mais Sciences Po quand même), Alain Nicolaïdis n'était guère prédestiné à écrire un roman. Mais, après une vie bien remplie de haut fonctionnaire puis de créateur et de dirigeant d'entreprises, il s'est rappelé que Michel Mohrt, entré par la suite à l'Académie française, lui avait dit, à l'occasion de la remise d'un Prix de la nouvelle à l'École Polytechnique: Qu'est-ce-que vous fichez-là ? Vous devriez écrire . Cinquante ans plus tard, Alain Nicolaïdis a suivi son conseil avec son roman "Fiordalisa". Ce roman historique, produit sur le tard, n'est pourtant pas fortuit. Il est né de la conjonction d'une passion pour l'histoire et la politique, d'un amour de la Chine et de sa civilisation, d'un besoin intense de crier sa haine de l'intolérance et de fustiger notre européocentrisme prétentieux qui nous enferme trop souvent, au nom de nos prétendues valeurs, dans une terrible infirmité le refus de voir le monde tel qu'il est. Son goût pour l'histoire universelle et la diversité des cultures, accentué par les expériences d'une carrière très internationale et d'un périple autour du monde sur son voilier pendant dix ans, a certainement permis à Alain Nicolaïdis de porter un regard original sur notre passé. Contrairement à l'opinion répandue et les nombreux adages sur l'inutilité de s'y pencher, l'analyse du passé est importante car elle offre le seul moyen d'entrevoir l'avenir - et d'essayer, si possible, de le rendre meilleur.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781495986512
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 360
  • Series Title: Fiordalisa
  • Weight: 371 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1495986519
  • Publisher Date: 03 May 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Width: 133 mm

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