The 14th of July, 1789 - A date which would become famous as Bastille Day, a symbol of the uprising of the common man against the tyranny of the monarchs. The date would soon be etched in the pages of history, but in a small corner of France, the date is memorable too... for another reason. On that eventful day, �labourers working in the fields around Montsignac, a village in Gascony, saw a man fall out of the sky.� So begins the novel, �The Rose Grower� by Michelle De Kretser.
