by Robert Merle · Plon · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782259010993
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«La violente amour» is the historical novel by Robert Merle, published by Plon in paperback (473 pages, in French).
Pierre de Siorac, faithful servant of Henry III and then Henry IV, travels through a France torn apart by the wars of religion on secret missions that take him from the siege of Paris to the intrigues of the court. The «violente amour» of the title is the king's love for his people, above creeds.
Fifth installment of the Fortune de France series, begun by Robert Merle; the cover indicates the subtitle «roman».
For readers of historical fiction set during the French wars of religion and followers of the Fortune de France saga.
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.
