Les historiettes de Tallemant des Réaux, tome premier by Tallemant des Réaux

"Les historiettes de Tallemant des Réaux, tome premier" by Tallemant des Réaux is a collection of personal memoirs written starting in 1657. This first volume offers intimate portraits of seventeenth-century France's most prominent figures, from kings Henri IV and Louis XIII to literary giants like Corneille, Pascal, and La Fontaine. Originally never intended for publication, these anecdotes remained in manuscript form until 1834, when they shocked readers with their iconoclastic revelations. The work chronicles political intrigue, scandalous courtesans, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the Grand Siècle that challenged idealized historical perceptions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Tallemant des Réaux, 1619-1690
Editor Chateaugiron, H. de (René-Charles-Hippolyte Le Prestre de Lézonnet), marquis de, 1774-1848
Editor Monmerqué, L.-J.-N. (Louis-Jean-Nicolas), 1780-1860
Editor Taschereau, Jules-Antoine, 1801-1874
Title Les historiettes de Tallemant des Réaux, tome premier
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire du XVIIe siècle
Note Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiettes
Credits Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Hélène de Mink, Guy de
Montpellier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco
Subject France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715
Subject France -- Biography
Subject France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643
Category Text
eBook-No. 33033
Release Date
Last Update Jan 6, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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