by Frédéric Richaud · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253111740
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«Monsieur le jardinier» is the novel by Frédéric Richaud, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (157 pages, in French).
In 1678, while Versailles is being built, Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie is tasked with turning a marshy area into the king's kitchen garden and orchard. The novel recreates his work of drainage and greenhouses and portrays this surly, independent gardener, who protests the punishment of some apple thieves and earns the respect of Louis XIV.
Work originally published in 1999; the Le Livre de Poche edition is from 2004.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the court of Versailles and 17th-century gardening.
