by Robert Merle · Plon · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782259003193
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«Fortune de France» is the historical novel by Robert Merle, published in 1977 by Plon in paperback (442 pages, in French).
Opening of the eponymous historical saga, set in 16th-century France. Its protagonist, Pierre de Siorac, is a rural nobleman who becomes a physician in the king's service during the religious wars between Catholics and Huguenots. The narrative, inspired by contemporary chronicles, blends adventure, intrigue, and humour.
First instalment of the «Fortune de France» saga, a series of thirteen novels set in the 16th and 17th centuries.
For fans of historical fiction, especially those seeking 16th-century France and its wars of religion.
Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, actor, and guitarist. Born in Rosewood, Kentucky, his songs' lyrics were often about the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs and recordings are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues", "I Am a Pilgrim", and "Dark as a Dungeon". He is best known today, though, for his unique guitar style, still called Travis picking by guitarists, as well as his interpretations of the rich musical traditions of his native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Travis picking is a syncopated style of guitar fingerpicking rooted in ragtime music in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb, while melodies are plucked by the index finger. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977.
