The Spirit of Versailles

A retelling of The Hunchback of the Notre-Dame.

The disfigured Noâm lives like a ghost within the walls of Château de Versailles as the adopted son of Claude Chardin, body physician to Louis XIV. Noâm is commissioned to heal the king, but the condition is clear: he must never be seen.

Catalina Amati, a talented street violinist, enchants Parisians with her beautiful music. Then she receives an unexpected request to participate in His Majesty's music competition at Château de Versailles.

When their paths cross, they become irrevocably entangled in the intrigues at the court of the Sun King.

Emmelie Arents is the multi-nominated author of The Heart of the Eagle, The Desert Thief, The Master Thief and Amaranth.