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    The Clockmaker of Poissy
    The Clockmaker of Poissy
    The Clockmaker of Poissy
    Audiobook39 minutes

    The Clockmaker of Poissy

    Written by Stanley John Weyman

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    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....
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateMay 23, 2014
    ISBN9781467681704
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