Gauthier, bâtisseur de châteaux-forts

Synopsis of Gauthier, bâtisseur de châteaux-forts

«Gauthier, bâtisseur de châteaux-forts» is the historical youth novel by Jacqueline Mirande, published by Père Castor in paperback (116 pages, in French).

Gauthier, an ambitious medieval lord, is determined to build a stone fortified castle on a hill, instead of the wooden and mud fortress inherited from his father. The novel recounts the difficulties of that great undertaking, which centuries later still stands as a witness to a time of queens, knights and troubadours.

The work was published in 2001 in the Castor Poche collection and is originally written in French.

Suitable for young readers aged 9 to 12 interested in medieval history and castle construction.