Latude ou Trente-cinq ans de captivité
In love with Madame de Pompadour, Latude thinks he can curry favor with her by setting up a phony plot against her and by denouncing it. Alas for him, instead of landing between the sheets o... Read allIn love with Madame de Pompadour, Latude thinks he can curry favor with her by setting up a phony plot against her and by denouncing it. Alas for him, instead of landing between the sheets of La Pompadour he is put in the Bastille. It is the beginning of thirty-five years in capt... Read allIn love with Madame de Pompadour, Latude thinks he can curry favor with her by setting up a phony plot against her and by denouncing it. Alas for him, instead of landing between the sheets of La Pompadour he is put in the Bastille. It is the beginning of thirty-five years in captivity, punctuated by three failed escapes. At long last, a certain Madame Legros, seamstre... Read all