by Françoise Chandernagor · Pocket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266026147
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«L'Allée du Roi» is the historical novel by Françoise Chandernagor, published by Pocket in paperback (640 pages, in French).
The novel recreates, in the form of apocryphal memoirs, the life of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon: from her birth in a prison in Niort and her poor childhood in the Antilles, to her rise at the court of Louis XIV, where she became the secret wife of the Sun King. Based on the writings of the protagonist herself, it offers an intimate portrait of 17th-century France, between misfortune and courtly splendour.
The book includes the subtitle «Souvenirs de Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, épouse du Roi de France»; work in the French language.
Recommended for readers interested in historical novels, the court of Louis XIV and the intricacies of power in 17th-century France.
Françoise Chandernagor is a French writer. The daughter of André Chandernagor, she is a former student of the École nationale d'administration, and she became a member of the Council of State in 1969.
