These Women of the 17th Century
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On August 2015
a new book (Edition PERRIN) had been published (it would be her second last !) from our preferred author
Juliette BENZONI
It was about spies, mistresses and courtesan's
at the Reign of Louis XIV.
Sadly it would be the Romancière's second last book, six months later Juliette
left us on a Sunday 7 February 2016.
She speaks of Queen Marie-Thérèse of Austria as if the wife of Louis XIV were
her confidante. Joëlle Chève 2015 ~ [HISTORIA magazine]
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Synopsis :
Ces
femmes du Grand Siècle 2015 |
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About twenty portraits of emblematic and
essential women from the reign of Louis XIV.
Female agent, mistresses or courtesan, they all
evolve in the shadow of the Sun King.
Louis XIV's secret agent, woman of letters and
power, adventuress, rebel, scorned wife, schemer
or favorite... all the women gathered by
Juliette Benzoni evolve in the shadow of the Sun
King. All are emblematic and essential figures
of the 17th Century.
Combining the breath of adventure with the
rigour of history, Juliette Benzoni brings these
exceptional women back to life, whether they are
spies, mistresses or courtesans, whether they
are the Mancini sisters, the Princess of the
Ursins, the Grande Mademoiselle, Henriette of
England, the Marquise de Sévigné, Louise de La
Vallière or Ninon de Lenclos.... |
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Table of contents
L'enlèvement
de Madame de
Miramion -
Le roman
tumultueux
de la
marquise de
Coligny -
L'étrange
histore de
la comtesse
de Verrue -
Marie-Anne
de la
Trémoille,
princesse
des Ursins -
Le valvaire
de la
comtesse de
Saint-Géran
-
Mademoiselle
épouse
Lauzun - Le
grand amour
de Ninon de
Lenclos - Le
roman
scandaleux
de la
princesse de
Cantecroix -
La princesse
et le
barbaresque
-
«
Madame
»,
Henriette
d'Angleterre
, belle-soeur
de Louis XIV
- Louise de
Keroualle,
agent secret
de Louis XIV
- L'aventure
de Riza Bey
et
d'Adélaïde
de Lespinay
- La tendre
aventure du
président
Lescot - La
«
glace
» de
la marquise
de Sévigné -
Le
renoncement
de Louise de
La Vallière
- Quand
Louis XIV
aimait Marie
Mancini -
Marie de
Bretagne,
duchesse de
Montbazon -
Les amoureux
de
Mademoiselle
de Kerbrizon
- Le mariage
mouvementé
de Charlotte
de Calvières
- Françoise
de
Roquelaure :
entre
l'amour et
l'avarice -
La mort
mysérieuse
de Marquise
Du Parc - La
Champmeslé :
un montre
sacré au
Grand Siècle
♣This Book of short stories is available
on
Kindle
with the
same image
→
here
♣ This Book
was also
translated
into Russian
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♣ On October 2017,
Edition Pocket
published
for the
first time Ces Femmes du
Grand Siècle.
On all the
cover we see
the painting
of
Marie
Mancini
(Cardinal
Mazarin's
niece) King
Louis XIV
first love.
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And
meanwhile, the Ladies...
Did the Sun King overshadow all his
contemporaries? Not necessarily, explains
Juliette Benzoni in this collection devoted to
the famous women of the 17th century. They had
charm, beauty, cruelty, cunning and courage.
Ninon de Lenclos, the Princess of Ursins, the
Mancini sisters and other lesser-known women all
had remarkable fates. The story is told with the
usual talent of the queen of historical novels.
V. M.
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Article by Vincent Meylan, journalist,
author and personal friend of Juliette Benzoni 2015
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[Journal Point de Vue ]
♣
Heroines
in the limelight
Portraits of Women
Heroines
past and present deserve to be told. Four books
to prove it.
If literary prizes reserve very little space for
women, all you have to do is look elsewhere to
find something to satisfy our frustration.
Novels, personal accounts or stories, bookshops
are full of works that are well worth the
diversions. And, let's face it, most books about
women are written... by women. No matter.
There are the wives and... the spies, mistresses
and courtesans at the court of Louis XIV, "Ces
femmes du Grand Siècle" described by Juliette
Benzoni. We meet illustrious figures such as the
Marquise de Sévigné, Ninon de Lenclos and the
Countess de Saint-Géran.
But the specialist in the beds of kings and
queens also reveals other faces. For example,
that of the Princesse de Cantecroix, a
magnificent blonde with green eyes who struck
Duke Charles IV of Lorraine to the heart. These
seductresses were not only pretty, they could
also be formidable manipulators.
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Extraxt of an article by
Valérie Trierweiler 2015
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[Magazine Paris Match ]
♣Juliette
BENZONI - The diva of the great sagas
She evokes
Queen Marie-Thérèse of Austria as if the wife of
Louis XIV were her confidante.
Among the many historical short stories written
for the magazine Confidences, in which
Juliette Benzoni made her debut in the 1960s,
some have remained unpublished.
Found at the bottom of a trunk, they reveal the
qualities of style, sobriety, elegance, light
irony and descriptive talent that made their
author such a success nearly sixty years ago.
And, beyond a love story embroidered on the
ever-present Montespan, La Vallière or Ninon de
Lenclos, this is a chance to get to know some of
the great and lesser-known ladies, to whom she
restores the beauty, piquancy, audacity and wit
that were the bedrock of their happiness, their
misfortune and even their dishonour. Just for
the fun of it!
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Article by
Joëlle Chève
2015
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[magazine HISTORIA]
I absolutely love this article by Joëlle Chevé
in HISTORIA ! Linda, webmaster
2015 Publisher Perrin (founded 1827) introduced in his catalog for foreign customers Juliette Benzoni's new book Ces Femmes du Grand Siècle (These women of the Grand Siècle)
So far this splendid book who offers 20 profiles of famous and extraordinary women in the reign of Sun-King Louis XIV has not been translated ! Juliette Benzoni shows once more her immense talent to make you believe the author knew these historic characters personally. A lecture you can with you on a holiday, long train trip and you will be entertained for hours.
Spies, courtesans or mistresses, who all lived out their destinies in the shadow of the Sun-King. For example : the Marquise de Sévigné, Louise de la Vallière, Ninon de l'Enclos, Henriette of England, King Louis XIV sister-in-law, Marie Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin and King Louis XIV first love... |
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Exract of the chapter «
When Louis XIV loved Marie Mancini »
Cardinal Mazarin
- principal Minister of State from 1643 to 1661
in the Bibliothèque Mazarine (by Robert Nantueil)
Dialogue between : Cardinal Mazarin and Marie
Mancini
- You are nothing but insolent,
Mademoiselle, and you are not yet queen. I can
even assure you that you will never be as long
as I am alive, because I would rather kill you
with my own hands. Soon the Court will travel to
Saint-Jean-de-Luz, where the King will meet his
future wife. But you, who are still my niece and
over whom I have full power, will leave tomorrow
morning for Brouage with your sisters, and
Madame de Venel will have orders to keep you
there on sight!
Suddenly sober, Marie cried out in pain:
- No, uncle, I beg you, not that! Don't take
me away! I couldn't bear it!
- I had to put up with you and your
impudence! I said you'd leave, and you'll leave
tomorrow! Go out now and pack your trunks!
There was no coming back. Marie, in tears, threw
herself into Louis' arms and begged him to save
her. But Louis was well aware that the Cardinal
had all the power over his niece, a power that
even the King could not break, because he
represented the power of the father. He
understood that he had to resign himself.
[ creation © Frédérique Aznag Zabée ]
The following day, 22 June 1659, Louis, who had
no intention of hiding his tears, led Marie to
the carriage waiting in the courtyard of the
Louvre. She got in without a word and, as the
young man, in the pain he felt at parting from
her, leaned over the door to see her again, she
grudgingly said to him: "Ah, Sire!
- Ah, Sire! You are King, you are weeping...
and I am leaving!
Louis shook his head ruefully. But as he threw
himself back to let the carriage go, Marie
ripped off his lace cuff and shouted:
"I've been abandoned!
[ creation © Frédérique Aznag Zabée ]
Some of the ladies mentioned in the Novel:
Top row: The sisters Olympe and Marie Mancini,
Ninon de Lenclos.
Bottom row: Madame, Henriette d'Engleterre,
sister-in-law of Louis XIV, Louise de La
Vallière, Princesse des Ursins.
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