L'Homme de l'Ombre du Roi-Soleil: Le poids d'un blason
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Sous le r�gne de Louis XIV, deux hommes portent le m�me nom.
Deux Barail.
Deux destins.
L'un cherche � survivre.
L'autre cherche � comprendre.
Dans les couloirs �tincelants de Versailles comme dans l'ombre glac�e des prisons d'�tat, leurs vies se croisent au coeur des intrigues les plus dangereuses du Grand Si�cle.
Henri de Barail, gentilhomme gascon au service du duc de Lauzun, traverse un monde o� la faveur royale d�cide de tout. Fid�le, discret, redoutablement lucide, il accompagne l'ascension puis la chute du flamboyant favori de Louis XIV: Antonin de Lauzun, s�ducteur insolent, courtisan g�nial et homme impossible � dompter.
Autour d'eux gravitent les grandes figures du si�cle:
Madame de Montespan,
Philippe d'Orl�ans,
le chevalier de Lorraine,
Nicolas Fouquet enferm� � Pignerol,
et surtout la Grande Mademoiselle, cousine du Roi-Soleil, dont l'amour passionn� pour Lauzun bouleversera toute la cour.
Mais derri�re les ors de Versailles se cachent d'autres v�rit�s:
les fid�lit�s silencieuses,
les d�sirs interdits,
les humiliations secr�tes,
les ambitions qui d�truisent les hommes,
et les liens invisibles unissant ma�tres, serviteurs, b�tards et prisonniers.
� travers Henri de Barail, c'est tout l'envers du r�gne de Louis XIV qui appara�t:
la Bastille encore obscure,
les lettres de cachet,
les prisons de Pignerol,
les jeux de pouvoir,
les passions qu'il faut taire pour survivre.
� travers Louis de Barail, plus jeune, plus tourment�, c'est une autre qu�te qui se dessine:
celle de l'identit�,
de la m�moire familiale,
du poids des fautes,
du d�sir,
et des secrets transmis d'une g�n�ration � l'autre.
� leurs c�t�s, Basile - jeune Gascon insolent et affam� de vie - apporte une voix populaire, dr�le et profond�ment humaine au milieu des cruaut�s de la cour. Son amour pour Henriette, jeune femme n�e dans l'ombre d'un secret royal, ouvre peu � peu la possibilit� d'un avenir �chappant enfin aux intrigues de Versailles.
Entre Versailles, la Bastille, le Luxembourg, les routes de France et les montagnes du Pi�mont, L'Homme de l'Ombre du Roi-Soleil m�le histoire vraie, sensualit�, humour gascon, drame politique et passions secr�tes dans une vaste fresque romanesque inspir�e d'archives familiales r�elles.
Un roman sur le pouvoir.
Sur les corps qui trahissent.
Sur les fid�lit�s qui survivent.
Et sur tous ceux qui vivent dans l'ombre des rois.
Un roman pour les amateurs de:
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