by Robert Merle · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253060550
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«La Volte des vertugadins» is the historical novel by Robert Merle, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (576 pages, in French).
In 1598, after the Edict of Nantes, peace in France is fragile and religious intolerance resurges. While the court is distracted by festivities and intrigues, Henry IV fights against Catholic fanaticism and the Habsburgs. Pierre-Emmanuel, son of Pierre de Siorac, is initiated into the courtly life of a magnificent and dangerous Paris.
Seventh installment of the «Fortune de France» series, a historical saga by Robert Merle set in late 16th-century France.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and for those following 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.
