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 4: La Loi des mâles”
Juin 1316. Louis X le Hutin vient de mourir empoisonne. Pour la première ois depuis trois cents ans, un roi capétien disparaît sans au-un fils lui succède. Ce quartrième volume des Rois maudits fair revivre les luttes acharnées qui vont être livrées afin de s'emparer de la Régence. Cest le frère du roi mort, le comte de Poitiers, qui l'emporte. Pour preparer son accession au trône, il va s'appuyer sur une certaine loi salique, cette "loi des mâles" qui constituera désormais le règlement de succession de la monarchie française.
Come prepared to discuss:
Les Rois maudits, volume 4, La Loi des mâles.
June 1316. Louis X the Quarrelsome has just died of poisoning. For the first time in three hundred years, a Capetian king has died without a son to succeed him. This fourth volume of The Accursed Kings brings to life the fierce struggles that will be fought to seize the Regency. It is the brother of the dead king, the Count of Poitiers, who prevails. To prepare for his accession to the throne, he relies on a certain Salic law, the “law of males,” which will henceforth constitute the rules of succession for the French monarchy.
