Project Gutenberg 2015-07-21 Public domain in the USA. 70 Fournier, Edouard 1819 1880 Fournier, Édouard Variétés Historiques et Littéraires (08/10) Recueil de pièces volantes rares et curieuses en prose et en vers Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Guy de Montpellier, Christine P. Travers 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) "Variétés Historiques et Littéraires" by Edouard Fournier is a collection of rare and curious essays written in the mid-19th century. The work compiles various prose and poetic pieces, reflecting both historical and literary interests, likely appealing to readers fascinated by the nuances of French history and literature during this period. At the start of this work, the narrative presents the interrogation and deposition of Jehan de Poltrot regarding the assassination of the Duke of Guise in 1563. The text recounts Poltrot's confession, detailing his motivations and the instigators behind the assassination, including notable figures within the political milieu of the time. As the story unfolds, the reader is drawn into the complex interplay of political intrigue and personal decision-making that ultimately leads to the dramatic and significant act of violence. The opening sets a profound stage for exploring themes of loyalty, deception, and the consequences of political actions in historical context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French literature PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 685303 685218 2024-09-20T14:43:58.024610 2023-09-21T11:04:49.546546 text/html text/html 684620 2015-07-21T12:32:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 958992 2015-07-21T12:32:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 941714 2024-09-20T14:44:14.685589 application/epub+zip 948477 2024-09-20T14:44:02.187618 application/epub+zip 320374 2024-09-20T14:44:00.052598 application/epub+zip 1187559 2024-09-20T14:44:21.726515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1075423 2024-09-20T14:44:11.453546 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448371 2022-09-22T12:15:09.338913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561942 561641 2024-09-20T14:43:55.635666 2023-09-21T11:04:47.142532 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 553440 2015-07-21T12:32:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 209208 2015-07-21T12:32:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18882 2024-09-20T14:44:21.878497 application/rdf+xml 11027 2024-09-20T14:44:00.232607 image/jpeg 2053 2024-09-20T14:44:00.144659 image/jpeg 984051 2024-09-20T14:43:58.113609 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia