Les Filles Du Roi

Les Filles Du Roi

Les Filles Du Roi

Colette Piat

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iUniverse
Año de edición:
1999
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Ficción histórica
ISBN:
9781583481639
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Nee a Coutances en 1650, Marie Arnault, blonde, belle et fort douee, est courtisee par son beau-pere, un puissant magistrat. Elle n’a alors que quinze ans et aime passionement le fils d’un seigneur voisin, Jacob de Preclair, huguenot pour son plus grand malheur. Le juge aura raison des amoureux: Jacob est envoye aux galeres, Marie s’enfuit a Paris. Elle y rencontre Moliere, refuse d’accorder ses charmes au Roi et echoue a la prison de la Salpetriere. Et son destin bascule: Colbert vient de creer l’institution des 'Filles du Roi,' destinee a trouver des femmes pour leas colons de Nouvelle-France. C’est ainsi que Marie part pour le Quebec, ou l’attendent la lutte primitive contre le froid, les Iroquois, les loups, mais aussi un ete fulgurant, des amours qui ne le seront pas moins et un pays ensorcelant. L’evasion de Jacob, la rencontre avec Cavelier de la Salle, la descente du Mississippi, la vie avec les Indiens: Marie, qui exercera meme le metier de chirurgien, connait une vie tumultueuse et passionnee. Puis le retour en France, les persecutions contre les huguenots, l’indifference progressive de la Cour envers le Canada lui laisseront le gout amer de la rancune et la nostalgie de ce Quebec tant aime.

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