by Françoise Chandernagor · Julliard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782260002604
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«L'Allée du roi» is the historical novel by Françoise Chandernagor, published by Julliard in paperback (573 pages, in French).
Apocryphal memoirs of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV and uncrowned queen of France. The narrative moves from her birth in a prison in Niort and her Antillean childhood to the court of Versailles, with the contradictions of the French Grand Siècle reflected in her ambition, her faith and her power.
Originally published in 1981, it bears the subtitle «Souvenirs de Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, épouse du Roi de France».
Recommended for those who enjoy the history of France, the court of Versailles and novels with a historical setting.
Françoise Chandernagor is a French writer. The daughter of André Chandernagor, she is a former student of the École nationale d'administration, and she became a member of the Council of State in 1969.
