Historical novelist
Women, men and destinies confronted with the fractures of their time.
Through her novels, Nicole Fabre explores what historical narratives sometimes leave in the shadows: the origin of conflicts, the fears, prejudices and misunderstandings that pit human beings against each other.
Nicole Fabre
Born in La Seyne-sur-Mer, in the Var, Nicole Fabre lives there between the sea and the forest. After her university studies in Nice, Aix-en-Provence and Toulouse, - Master II in Writing and Literary Creation - she explores the periods when societies topple over, meet or tear one another apart.
Her writing seeks neither to judge nor to justify. She observes the mechanisms of intolerance, old fears, prejudices and misunderstandings that run through generations.
Meet Nicole FabreThe Novels
From ninth-century Provence to fascist Rome, from the medieval Mediterranean to Leonardo da Vinci's studio, Nicole Fabre's work looks back at the moments when human beings come up against what they don't know about the other.
A Mediterranean region torn by fears, conquests, and misunderstandings between the Viking, Carolingian, Provençal, and Muslim worlds. A period that is very rarely explored.
La Princesse Barbare
L'Ombre du Prophète
Les Jardins du Fraxinet
A look at the man and his wounds behind the genius, whose legend has smoothed over the troubling rough edges.
Léonard le Toscan
ExploreRome, Paris, the south of France, exile and war: human beings confronted with fear, ideologies and choices that the times impose on them.
La Nuit Italienne
Demain à Rome
Several of Nicole Fabre’s novels are currently being considered for adaptation into film or television, extending their worlds to new audiences.
See the projectsAdapted from La Princesse Barbare, L’Ombre du Prophète and Les Jardins du Fraxinet.
Adapted from La Nuit Italienne and Demain à Rome.
Adapted from Léonard le Toscan.
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