Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. This prince was amorous and handsome, and though his passion for diana of poitiers duchess of valentinois, was of above twenty years. It is set during the 16thcentury reign of henry ii and is the story of a virtuous.
Les passions peuvent me conduire, mais elles ne sauraient maveugler. The king entrusted the constable with the chief share in the administration. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Nearly every character except the heroine is a historic. Grandeur and gallantry never appeared with more lustre in france, than. It can claim to be the first historical novel in that its author with some help made a serious attempt to research the french court of the preceding century and weave historical events into her tales tapestry. It is interesting, however, to read a letter of hers touching this point, for it shows, apart from other things, what opinion her contemporaries had of her masterpiece. She was acquainted with the manners of louis xivs court, and she drew upon her court experiences when writing the book, adding to the book s historical fidelity. Often called frances first historical novel, the work influenced the course of french fiction.
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