La Princesse de Bizerte

Jamila, from a very modest family in the medina of Bizerte, is clever and beautiful enough to enter the French lycée, mostly reserved for French children and Arab notables, and to be welcomed by the Digoux family in the city's most exclusive quarter. Nicknamed the Princess of Bizerte, she is drawn to French culture while staying fiercely attached to her own family, and she agrees to marry the Digoux's eldest son, Philippe, as an assertion of her freedom. Around the couple, the novel reconstructs the political and cultural context of the battle of Bizerte in 1961, setting the calculations of politicians against the ordinary people who pay for them.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

319 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Love, War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Tunisia, 1961

First published

2018 by Arabesques