Histoire amoureuse des Gaules; suivie des Romans historico-satiriques du XVIIe…

Bussy, Roger de Rabutin, comte de, 1618-1693

"Histoire amoureuse des Gaules; suivie des Romans historico-satiriques du XVIIe…" by Roger de Bussy-Rabutin is a satirical roman à clef published in 1665. This scandalous work chronicles the romantic intrigues and indiscretions of French high society, mocking King Louis XIV's early love affair and various aristocratic figures under pseudonyms. Written privately to entertain his mistress and friends, the manuscript was published without the author's consent, leading to his arrest, imprisonment in the Bastille, and permanent exile from court for the remainder of his life. ... Read more

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Author	Bussy, Roger de Rabutin, comte de, 1618-1693
Annotator	Boiteau d'Ambly, Paul, 1830-1886
Contributor	Livet, Charles-Louis, 1828-1897
Title	Histoire amoureuse des Gaules; suivie des Romans historico-satiriques du XVIIe siècle, Tome I
Note	Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_amoureuse_des_Gaules
Credits	Produced by Sébastien Blondeel, Carlo Traverso, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)
Reading Level	Reading ease score: 75.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language	French
LoC Class	PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject	Erotic literature
Category	Text
eBook-No.	29049
Release Date	Jun 6, 2009
Last Update	Jan 5, 2021
Copyright	Public domain in the USA.
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