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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221157534
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 288
Size : 1 x 215 mm
Animarex

Release date : 20/08/2015
~A provocative modern novel where the splendor and
ferocity of France’s “Grand Siècle” resound in the
heart of adolescence.
~Jean-François Kervéan reinvents the
adolescence of Louis XIV by exploring the
burning passion the king experienced, at
age twenty, with Marie Mancini, the niece
of Cardinal Mazarin and sister of Olympia,
his official favorite. For Marie and for the
only time during his long reign, Louis
wanted to abdicate… An audacious search
for the intimate truth about Louis...
~Jean-François Kervéan reinvents the
adolescence of Louis XIV by exploring the
burning passion the king experienced, at
age twenty, with Marie Mancini, the niece
of Cardinal Mazarin and sister of Olympia,
his official favorite. For Marie and for the
only time during his long reign, Louis
wanted to abdicate… An audacious search
for the intimate truth about Louis XIV, who
was affected as much by desire as by
solitude, Animarex tracks the riches of the
age in what was most precious, jumping
over centuries in a somewhat cavalier
manner to momentarily approach the soul
of a man, even if he was king. And even if
he was the Sun King: Anima rex, the king’s
soul.
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EAN : 9782221157534
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 288
Size : 1 x 215 mm
Robert Laffont