by Jeanne Bourin · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253039464
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«Le Jeu de la tentation» is the historical novel by Jeanne Bourin, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (477 pages, in French).
In June 1266, during the last summer of the reign of Saint Louis, Marie Brunel, a young widow, mother of two, and manuscript illuminator, has a romance with the merchant Côme Perrin. The threat of three Lombard criminals hangs over her family and unleashes a spiral of money, lust, violence, despair, and death.
The novel is the second installment of the saga «La chambre des dames» and was originally published in 1981.
Recommended for readers of medieval historical fiction and for those who want to follow the saga «La chambre des dames».
Jeanne Bourin or Jeanne Mondot was a French writer known for her historical novels.
