The Victorious or Blanche’s Palace

Sumeya, who is 5, has just arrived with her mother at the Women’s Palace in Paris. She discovers the story of Blanche Peyron, who founded this immense refuge in the last century: a woman of convictions and fights, free and rebellious, mingle the emotion and the desires of this little girl of today… Adapted from the bestseller Les Victorieuses, this new opus by Laetitia Colombani and Clémence Pollet is in line with their magnificent adaptation La tresse ou le voyage de Lalita (The braid or Lalita’s Journey).
A luminous story of solidarity and sorority, mutual aid and hope.

Rights sold: Japan, Turkey

The Author

Laetitia Colombani is a screenwriter, director and actress who also writes for the theatre. The success of her novel The Kite (Le Cerf-volant) follows in the footsteps of The braid (La tresse), which has sold over 2 million copies in France.

The Illustrator

A graduate of the École Estienne, Clémence Pollet continued her training at the Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy. Alongside illustration, she also practises various engraving techniques, including etching, aquatint and linocut.