by Jean Teulé · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266186742
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«Le Montespan» is the historical novel by Jean Teulé, published by Pocket in paperback (309 pages, in French).
Set in the seventeenth-century French court, the novel recounts the life of Louis-Henri de Pardaillan, Marquis of Montespan, whose marriage to Françoise de Rochechouart breaks down when Louis XIV makes her his favorite. Humiliated, the marquis defies the monarch with scandalous public gestures and a stubborn battle to win back his wife.
The novel was originally published in 2008 and won the Prix Maison de la Presse and the Grand prix Palatine du roman historique that same year.
For readers of French fiction about the court of Versailles and the reign of Louis XIV.
Jean Teulé was a French novelist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was the partner of actress Miou-Miou.
