by Robert Merle · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253148654
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«La Gloire et les Périls» is the historical novel by Robert Merle, eleventh volume of the «Fortune de France» saga, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback format (572 pages, in French).
Set in 1628, the novel follows Pierre de Siorac, Count of Orbieu, during the siege of La Rochelle by Louis XIII and Richelieu, a decisive episode in the conflict between Catholics and Huguenots. Amid risky missions, the protagonist balances loyalty to the king with his romantic adventures.
The work belongs to the historical saga «Fortune de France» by Robert Merle, of which it is volume 11. French edition published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in 2000.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction who enjoy family sagas set in seventeenth-century France.
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.
