Les collèges fantômes

Synopsis of Les collèges fantômes

«Les collèges fantômes» is the historical novel by Jean d'Aillon, published by J'ai lu in paperback (498 pages, in French).

In 1625, Louis Fronsac and his friend Gaston de Tilly explore an abandoned building adjoining the Collège de Clermont in Paris and find barrels of wine that appear to be contraband. Targeted by ruthless individuals, the young men become embroiled in a conspiracy against Cardinal Richelieu.

Second instalment of the «Louis Fronsac» series, under the banner «The Investigations of Louis Fronsac»; the action takes place in seventeenth-century France.

For readers of historical intrigue and adventure novels, especially those who enjoy political conspiracies in seventeenth-century Paris.