City of wisdom and blood
By: Robert Merle ; translated from the French by T. Jefferson Kline
Contributors: Kline, T. Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson), 1942- translator
Series: Fortunes of France -- 2
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 571
ISBN-13: 9781782271246; 9781782271604
Subjects: Fiction; History; Religion and politics
Work titles: En nos vertes années
Description: The second swaggering instalment of Fortunes of France, the first volume of which, The Brethren, took the UK by storm last year Montpellier in 1566-only fools walk the streets at night unarmed, while a profession of faith in the wrong company can lead to a knife in the back. Not even this proud city of philosophers is safe from the menaces that endanger the peace of France. The city militia are struggling to contend with the lawlessness and religious hatred that threaten to tear the whole country in two. Now an adult, Pierre de Siorac must travel south on dangerous roads to the great univer.
Notes: "Fortunes of France: City of Wisdom and Blood first published in French as En nos vertes années in 1977"--Title page verso.