by Robert Merle · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253140740
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«Les Roses de la vie» is the historical novel by Robert Merle, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (480 pages, in French).
After the fall of Concini, Louis XIII must secure his throne against the rebellious nobility and the Huguenot revolt. Pierre-Emmanuel de Siorac, the king's faithful servant, receives the title of Count of Orbieu and discovers the harsh life of the peasants. Richelieu rises to power in 1624.
Ninth volume in the Fortune de France saga; the action takes place between 1617 and 1624. Published in 1997; text in French.
For readers of historical fiction and followers of the Fortune de France saga, with a level of French.
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.
