Consuelo de Saint-Exupery wrote The Tale of the Rose in 1945, with the pain of loss still fresh in her heart. The manuscript was sealed away in a locked trunk on her estate, and found by chance, fifteen years after her death, when an academic was digging around for fresh material for a new biography of Saint-Exupery. He died in 1979 and left her estate, and the proceeds from her share of The Little Prince to her gardener.
“We find in these pages all the tenderness and patience, but also
the tenacity, of a woman who loves. Consuelo does not seek to
explain or even to understand her husband, she accepts him and
leads him to what he must be. . . . Written with a strong and
authentic voice, The Tale of the Rose is a book to read for its
strength of character, and for the adventure that it
offers.”—Elle
“Pioneering aviator, bestselling writer and romantic idol, Antoine
de Saint-Exupéry enjoyed a celebrity in his lifetime that was
surpassed only by his fame after death. . . . Now, Consuelo's side
of the story of their stormy thirteen-year marriage has at last
become known. In pages weighty with love, passion, betrayal and
tragedy, the Salvadorian-born beauty has reclaimed her place in the
Saint-Exupéry myth.”—The New York Times
“In this memoir we discover that Consuelo is the inspiration as
well as the rose of the Little Prince. . . . One of her lovers used
to say that with this woman, the danger resides not in her beauty
but in her capacity to ensnare a man with words. She bewitches with
her voice.Throughout her account of her life with Tonio, as she
called him, we hear this fairylike, enchanting voice.”—Paris
Match
“A great love story that unfolds under thundering skies. . . . We
are drawn into a tale full of drama and flair, where the dazzle of
the high life is entwined with a tender and tragic hymn to mad,
passionate love. . . . It is the greatest love story of the year.
Consuelo is a writer of true talent.”—Le Point
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