Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre, laureate of the 2025 Prix Renaudot and former École Normale Supérieure student, is a journalist and editor-in-chief of Point de Vue. An acclaimed novelist, she won numerous awards for Fourrure and Le dernier des nôtres. In this interview conducted by Pascale Frey, she examines Milady de Winter’s motives and legacy in her new book Je voulais vivre, offering a sympathetic reappraisal of a misunderstood literary heroine.
In French.
