by Gérald Messadié · L' Archipel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782841874545
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«La rose et le lys» is the historical novel by Gérald Messadié, published by L'Archipel in paperback (394 pages, in French).
In May 1450, the peasant woman Jeanne loses her parents and sees her brother disappear. Taking refuge in Paris, she discovers a hostile city populated by beggars and rogues, where she only knows how to make bread. Between the court of Charles VII and the poet François Villon, the novel follows her struggle to survive in a France decimated by plague and adventurers.
This novel is the first volume of the series «Jeanne de L'Estoille», originally published in 2003.
For readers of historical fiction interested in 15th-century France and multi-volume sagas.
Gerald Messadié was a French scientific journalist, essayist and novelist. His work comprised historical novels, biographies, essays on the history of religions, and some science fiction work where esoterism takes a large place.
