by Robert Merle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783746612171
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«Das Königskind» is the historical novel by Robert Merle, published by Aufbau Tb in paperback (478 pages, in German).
After the assassination of Henry IV, Louis XIII inherits the throne at nine years old, but Marie de' Medici and Concini retain power. The novel follows seven years of intrigues and conspiracies, with Pierre-Emmanuel de Siorac as first chamberlain and loyal witness, until a coup, at fifteen and a half, gives him effective power.
Eighth installment of the Fortune de France series. The work was originally published in French in 1995 as L'Enfant Roi, and this German edition, translated by Christel Gersch, is from 1999.
For readers of historical fiction and for those who have read the previous volumes of Fortune de 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.
