Project Gutenberg 2008-07-06 Public domain in the USA. 75 Sand, George 1804 1876 Dupin, Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dudevant, Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, Armandine Aurore Lucille Les beaux messieurs de Bois-Doré Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by George Sand project PM, Carlo Traverso, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Les beaux messieurs de Bois-Doré" by George Sand is a historical novel likely written in the early 19th century. The narrative is set against the backdrop of the French court during a politically turbulent period, focusing on the character, Sciarra d'Alvimar, a complex and skillful young man navigating the intricacies of courtly life, politics, and personal ambition. The novel explores themes of love, ambition, and the class dynamics of the time, particularly through the lens of its main characters and their interactions. The opening of the novel introduces Sciarra d'Alvimar, a Spaniard of Italian descent, who is depicted as an amiable yet somewhat unsuccessful courtier in the service of Queen Marie de Médicis. Despite his charms and abilities, he fails to garner the attention he seeks at court, feeling overshadowed by his mentor Concini. As political intrigue unfolds, Sciarra navigates a series of personal and political dilemmas, leading to his flight to the countryside for refuge at the château of his friend, Guillaume d'Ars. There, the stage is set for his interactions with other pivotal characters, including the intriguing Lady Lauriane, revealing both the societal pressures they face and the complex web of relationships in which they are ensnared. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643 -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1118654 1118655 2024-10-11T08:06:13.162132 2023-09-11T10:47:36.853024 text/html text/html 1285209 2008-07-06T11:40:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 430020 2008-07-06T11:40:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 502546 2024-10-11T08:06:30.094535 application/epub+zip 521037 2024-10-11T08:06:17.509081 application/epub+zip 499426 2024-10-11T08:06:15.825143 application/epub+zip 906073 2024-10-11T08:06:39.168436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 879026 2024-10-11T08:06:28.568485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 839700 2022-09-12T07:16:49.318683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1074385 2024-10-11T08:06:09.404172 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1074188 2008-07-06T11:40:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 406765 2008-07-06T11:40:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1048178 2008-07-06T11:40:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 402854 2008-07-06T11:40:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21821 2024-10-11T08:06:39.317466 application/rdf+xml 15133 2024-10-11T08:06:16.420093 image/jpeg 3666 2024-10-11T08:06:16.122059 image/jpeg 491995 2024-10-11T08:06:13.277079 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia