With its subtly shifted tone, it continues its tireless mission. “Democratizing History, yes, that could define me,” smiles Pascale Debert. The Nancy author has just released “Petits riens de Mme de Graffigny ”, by unfolding a mixture of rigor in research and fantasy in form. The book completes the collection devoted to the 18th century, its favorite historical section. The very precious “Little secrets of the Dukes of Lorraine”, already reissued, have followed in recent years “Emilie du Châtelet philosopher of the Lights” and the “Short life of Charlotte de Rutant”. Looking at the correspondence of Mme de Graffigny, Pascale Debert this time makes the choice to walk through the great and small history of her Lorraine through a dense exchange of correspondence with her friend François Devaux. “We always think of Place Stanislas, forgetting that the region has many incredible facets in the field of monuments or heritage. On my small scale, I try to help make it shine through its past ”, defends the one who likes the idea of“ popularizing the learning ”of History in colleges.
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“Gallant stories”
With an often offbeat look, the former artistic director of a Parisian communication agency looks at Diderot the “first bohemian bourgeois” through often unrecognized anecdotes, carefully compiled through a great deal of immersion in libraries and archives . Through her blog “Histoires galantes” and its hundreds of articles, Pascale Debert identifies a file of history enthusiasts, like her. Accompanied by a sensitivity focused on the defense of the feminine cause, she did not hesitate to contact Larousse in the 80s, being surprised that the dictionary of women painters of the time did not list any female personality. The “little things of Mme de Graffigny ”are therefore in the wake of a coherent author’s journey, with the charm of letters written nearly 260 years ago.
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