by Jeanne Bourin · Maxi-livres-Profrance · tapa dura · ISBN 9782743404543
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«La Dame de beauté» is the historical novel by Jeanne Bourin, published by Maxi-livres-Profrance in hardcover (242 pages, in French).
Historical novel that recreates the life of Agnès Sorel, the first royal mistress officially recognized by Charles VII of France. Lady-in-waiting to Isabel of Lorraine, she meets the king in Toulouse; her beauty transforms the listless monarch into a determined sovereign. Called «damoiselle de Beauté», her figure evokes the transition between the Middle Ages and modernity.
Work originally published in 1982; this 1995 French edition belongs to the Cercle maxi-livres collection.
For readers of historical fiction, particularly those interested in 15th-century France and episodes of the court of Charles VII.
Jeanne Bourin or Jeanne Mondot was a French writer known for her historical novels.
