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. (Please note: Claudia will be unable to join us on 20 November.)
We'll meet in person at Le Nelson's Café, 16 rue Coquillière, 75001
- 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 6: Le Lis et le Lion
Avec la mort de Charles IV le Bel s'éteint la dynastie capétienne, remplacée par les Valois. Le comte Robert d'Artois s'est dépensé sans compter pour faire attribuer la couronne à son cousin Philippe de Valois.
En échange, il attend qu'on lui rende le comté de ses aïeux. Pour soutenir son bon droit, rien ne l'arrêtte: ni l'usage de faux ni le parjure ni les crimes. Déchu de ses titres, banni de sa patrie, c'est lui qui prononcera devant le roi Édouard III et le Parlement d'Angleterre, la harangue qui sera le premier acte de la guerre de Cent Ans.
Come prepared to discuss:
Les Rois maudits, volume 6, Le Lis et le Lion
With the death of Charles IV the Fair, the Capetian dynasty came to an end, replaced by the Valois. Count Robert d'Artois spared no effort to secure the crown for his cousin Philippe de Valois.
In exchange, he expected to be given back the county of his ancestors. To support his claim, nothing could stop him: not forgery, perjury, or murder. Stripped of his titles and banished from his homeland, it was he who delivered the speech before King Edward III and the English Parliament that would be the first act of the Hundred Years' War.
