{"product_id":"marigold","title":"Marigold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the beauty that draws you closer is the very thing that holds you captive?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Edith Allonby’s Marigold, night settles over Lucifram, where Prince Plucritus watches from his palace. A shining web surrounds the planet, delicate to the eye but numbing to the touch. Below lies the Silent Forest, threaded with dangerous paths and sounds of suffering. In this Gothic fantasy, beauty offers no promise of kindness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlucritus wears a dark cloak with glowing red clasps and carries a ruby ring that rulers covet. His rooms hold a laboratory, a library, and galleries where art carries a terrible cost. The narrator draws you nearer with questions, wit, and warnings, opening a world where temptation, identity, and the struggle between Heaven and Hell take shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeauty with a cruel purpose\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a prince whose graceful appearance conceals cold calculation and a hunger for control.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA world caught fast\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the gleaming net around Lucifram, where a light touch brings an unsettling numbness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePower within familiar rooms\u003c\/strong\u003e – Step into a study where an ordinary desk serves the record of conscious wrongdoing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions beneath the fantasy\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider temptation and identity in a world shaped by a contest between spiritual powers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWit beside the darkness\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter an inquisitive ant whose experiment turns human certainty into a sharp little joke.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy Victorian and Edwardian Gothic, moral allegory, and patient journeys through tales of good and evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and let Lucifram’s strange beauty draw you into its shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534771421532,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/06320_en_ebook-front_c20.jpg?v=1792175200","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/products\/marigold-fr","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}