Free for WICE members! Come with us on a captivating journey where literature and history intertwine to offer a uniquely vivid perspective on France's past. You’ll plunge into a vibrant tapestry of pivotal events, cultural shifts, and influential figures…while falling under the spell of some of France’s best historical novelists. And then the discussion begins!
Our meetings take place in French so you'll enhance your understanding of the past while simultaneously improving your French reading, comprehension, and speaking skills in a friendly convivial group.
Group facilitator: Claudia Oudet, French teacher, editor, and translator, will offer linguistic help and literary/historical insights.
We'll meet in person at Le Nelson's Café,
16 rue Coquillière, 75001 Paris
Métro : Lignes 1/4/7/11/14 RER A/B/D Châtelet Les Halles
Bus : 74 – 85 : Louvre – Etienne Marcel / Bourse du commerce
Préparez-vous à discuter:
“Les Rois maudits, tome 3: Les Poisons de la Couronne”
Les Poisons de la Couronne ressuscite presque jour par jour, les intrigues, les haines et les crimes du règne de Louis X le Hutin, qui ne dura que dix-huit mois, mais dont les conséquences devaient être capitales pour la monarchie française.
Lorsqu'il meurt empoisonné, en juin 1316, c'est la première fois depuis plus de trois siècles qu'un roi de France décède sans laisser un héritier mâle.
Come prepared to discuss:
“Les Rois maudits, tome 3: Les Poisons de la Couronne” is the third volume in Maurice Druon's historical series, retracing the events of 14th-century France. It recreates almost day by day, the intrigues, hatreds and crimes of the short reign of Louis X le Hutin, which lasted just eighteen months, but whose consequences were to be momentous for the French monarchy.
When he died of poisoning in June 1316, it was the first time in over three centuries that a French king had died without leaving a male heir.
