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The Clockmaker of Poissy

Stanley John Weyman

Narrator Cathy Dobson

Publisher: Red Door Consulting

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Summary

Stanley John Weyman (1855-1928) was an English novelist most famous for his historical romances set in the turmoil of 16th- and 17th-century France.In this story, when a position is granted to a member of the household of the King's beloved, which M. de Perrot had coveted for his own son, a round of intrigue begins. M. de Perrot enlists the narrator, M. de Rosny, to arrange for the king to stop at his house in Poissy for a glass of wine the next day after hunting.This turns out to be a ruse, to engineer an apparently chance encounter between the monarch and de Perrot's very beautiful and charming niece. But M. de Perrot's son overhears the plot and has other ideas.... A series of events follows that nearly changes the course of history....
Duration: 39 minutes (00:38:48)
Publishing date: 2014-05-23; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —