Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
CROWNED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY
Fair Touraine, lovely in the fullness of summer . . . yet all is not so placid and peaceful as the slow-flowing River Loire -- for young Henri, Marquis de Cing-Mars, and his friend De Thou are undertaking one of the most daring exploits of the seventeenth century -- a conspiracy against Cardinal Richelieu
The first romantic novel of France, Cinq-Mars, ou Une Conjuration sous Louis XIII, was written by Alfred-Victor, Count de Vigny, under the spell of Sir Walter Scott's adventure-filled historical romances. Himself once a member of the Mousquetaires Rouges, Vigny filled his majestic novel of 1826 with ringing authenticity and lavish historical detail.
Synopsis
CROWNED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY
The first romantic novel of France, Cinq-Mars, ou Une Conjuration sous Louis XIII, was written by Alfred-Victor, Count de Vigny, under the spell of Sir Walter Scott's adventure-filled historical romances. Himself once a member of the Mousquetaires Rouges, Vigny filled his majestic novel of 1826 with ringing authenticity and lavish historical detail.