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Patrice Chaplin

Friday, June 1st, 2001

There’s a new name in Rennes-le-Château research: Patrice Chaplin. City of Secrets, Chaplin’s controversial new book unveils an entirely new twist to the conventional mystery and in the process delivers the most refreshing work in the genre in years. Oh, and it’s a love story. Patrice Chaplin’s provocative new book In City of Secrets, Chaplin draws on a life time of esoteric experience, research and associations, including friendships with Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dalí and Umberto Eco, to offer new insights into old enigmas.

No less intriguing is Chaplin’s romantic and lucid writing style, which has often been compared to Beat Generation legend Jack Kerouac, amongst others. No other Rennes-le-Château book reads quite like it. This is a love story, spanning half a century, and Rennes-le-Château is simply the milieu for Chaplin’s revelations, which unfold late in the novel, but are worth the wait.

Patrice Chaplin is a novelist, writer and playwright, with dozens of works to her credit. Her books include Albany Park and Siesta, which was made into a film staring Jodi Foster and Isabella Rossellini. Part of the Bohemian scene of the 50’s and 60’s, she was married to Charlie Chaplin’s son and lived in Hollywood. Chaplin stared in a Cocteau film and was friends with Lauren Bacall and other Hollywood icons.