L’archive en roman. Chantal Thomas et la fabrique du passé

Within the landscape of contemporary historical fiction, The Exchange of Princesses reconfigures the relationship between archive and fiction by turning the traces of the Enlightenment into the very substance of novelistic invention. Drawing on correspondence, memoirs and gazettes, Chantal Thomas shifts attention from diplomatic history to individual
experiences. From archive to novel, and from novel to film, a process of continual reconfiguration unfolds, extended by Marc Dugain’s film adaptation.