The Hurlyburly's Husband (eBook)

Jean Teulé (Autor)

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2025
352 Seiten
Pushkin Vertigo (Verlag)
978-1-80533-634-1 (ISBN)

Infos

The Marquis de Montespan and his new wife, Athénaïs, are that very rare thing: a true love-match. But love is not enough to maintain their hedonistic lifestyle, and the couple soon face huge debts. Then Madame de Montespan is offered the chance to turn their fortunes round, by becoming lady-in-waiting to the Queen at Versailles.Too late, Montespan discovers that his ravishing wife has caught the eye of King Louis XIV. Everyone congratulates him on his new status of cuckold by royal appointment, but the Marquis is broken-hearted. He vows to wreak revenge on the King and win back his adored Marquise.At once comic and poignant, Jean Teulé's extraordinary novel restores a ridiculed figure from history to his rightful position of hero: a man who loved his wife and dared challenge the absolute power of the Sun King himself.

Autor

Jean Teulé lives in Marais with his companion, the French film actress Miou-Miou. An illustrator, filmmaker and television presenter, he is also the prize-winning author of ten books including one based on the life of Verlaine. In researching that book he discovered that a group of nineteenth-century poets had founded a review called The Suicide Shop and this inspired his novel. He has also written biographies of Rimbaud and François Villon.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2025
• Übersetzer: Alison Anderson
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 17th century • betrayal • character-driven • Comedy • court intrigue • emotional depth • French history • Hedonism • historical fiction • Jean Teulé • literary fiction • Louis XIV • Love Story • Marital conflict • Nobility • Poignant Narrative • Power dynamics • revenge • Romance • Royal Court • Versailles
• ISBN-10: 1-80533-634-7 / 1805336347
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80533-634-1 / 9781805336341