Memoirs of a Physician (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexandre Dumas, pèr, Auguste Maquet
- First Published: 1846
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: Paris and environs
- Principal Characters: Baron de Taverney, Philippe, Andrée, Gilbert, King Louis XV, Monsieur de Choiseul, Madame Jeanne du Barry, Armand de Richelieu, Joseph Balsamo, Lorenza Feliciani, Althotas, Monsieur de Sartines, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Magic or magicians, Love or romance, Betrayal, Dreams, Paris, Eighteenth century, Kings, queens, or royalty, Royal courts or courtiers, Hypnotism, Sleep
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story:
At the court of Louis XV of France, the Duc de Richelieu plotted with Madame du Barry, the king’s favorite, to replace Monsieur de Choiseul as the king’s minister. They consulted Count de Fenix, who turned out to be the reputed sorcerer Joseph Balsamo; ten years earlier the necromancer had predicted that Madame du Barry would one day be queen of France. Balsamo used his wife Lorenza as an unwilling medium for his sorcery. Through her he was able to give Richelieu and Madame du Barry compromising information contained in a letter sent by the Duchess of Grammont to...
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