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 of La Pompadour he is put in the Bastille. It is ...See moreIn 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, seamstress of her condition, takes an interest in his sufferings and supports him until his final liberation. Written by
Guy Bellinger
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