by Robert Merle · Plon · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782259012904
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«La Pique du jour» is the historical novel by Robert Merle, published by Plon in paperback (471 pages, in French).
Set in 1594, the novel opens with Henry IV's entry into Paris and the five years he still needs to consolidate his authority and promulgate the Edict of Nantes. Its protagonist, Pierre, serves the king on missions that take him from Reims to Rome and Amiens, amid courtly intrigues and Philip II's struggle with the papacy.
Sixth and final volume of the «Fortune de France» saga.
For readers of historical fiction, especially those interested in 16th-century France and reading in 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.
