by Jean Teulé · Piper Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783492271707
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«Der gehörnte Marquis» is the historical novel by Jean Teulé, published in 2009 by Piper Verlag GmbH in paperback (334 pages, in German).
At the court of Louis XIV, the Marquis de Montespan, in love with his wife Françoise-Athénaïs, watches her become the king's favourite. Humiliated, he has his carriage painted in mourning with large horns and declares personal war on the monarch: he refuses honours, endures threats, trials, prison and ruin before surrendering.
The original novel «Le Montespan», from 2008, was translated into German by Gaby Wurster and won the Prix Maison de la Presse 2008.
For readers of historical fiction interested in 17th-century France and the intrigues of the court of Louis XIV.
Jean Teulé was a French novelist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was the partner of actress Miou-Miou.
