The Brethren: Fortunes of France 1 - Robert Merle

The Brethren: Fortunes of France 1

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Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2018
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-78227-507-7 (ISBN)
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Swords, sex and the sixteenth century. - The first title in an epic series of swashbuckling adventures: Fortunes of France. Now in a new cover edition.
The Périgord of sixteenth-century France is a wild region-its steep, forested valleys roamed by bands ofbrigands and gypsies, its communities divided by conflict between Catholics and converts to the new Protestant faith.

To this beautiful but dangerous country come two veterans of the French king's wars, Jean de Siorac and Jean de Sauveterre: The Brethren-as fiercely loyal to the crown as they are to their Huguenot religion. But they are far from secure-religious civil war looms on the horizon,famine and plague stalk the land, and The Brethren must use all their wits to protect those they love from the chaos that threatens to sweep them away.

Robert Merle (1908-2004) was born in French Algeria, before moving to mainland France in 1918. Originally an English teacher, Merle served as an interpreter with British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War, and was captured by the German army at Dunkirk, the experience of which served as the basis for his Goncourt-prize-winning Weekend at Zuydcoote. He published the 13 volumes of his hugely popular Fortunes of France series over four decades, from 1977 to 2003, the final volume appearing just a year before his death in 2004.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Fortunes of France ; 1
Übersetzer T. Jefferson Kline
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Historische Romane
ISBN-10 1-78227-507-X / 178227507X
ISBN-13 978-1-78227-507-7 / 9781782275077
Zustand Neuware
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