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First published: in
France by Editions de Trévise 1967
First published: in Great Britain 1967 by William
Heineman Ltd.
Facts & Trivia
French version 381 pages, chapters 17
English version 372 pages, chapters 17
English translation by Jocasta Goodwin
Translated into more than twenty languages
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Chapter Synopses -
Routes of Catherine
*under way*
Film Adaption in 1968
Catherine, Il suffit d'un
amour
Director Bernard Borderie
Music by Michel Magne
Television-Serie in 1986
Catherine, Il suffit
d'un amour
Co-Production Antenne 2 - SFP
Director Marion Sarraut
Adaption Juliette Benzoni & Jean Chatenet
Music by Robert Viger
Ballad of Catherine 1965
Text: Juliette Benzoni
Singer: Bernard Stéphane
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Catherine, now the Comtesse de Montsalvy, struggles to
restore
her husbands name to it's fromer glory. The Château of
Montsalvy
has been razed to the ground in the name of King Charles
VII.
Arnaud himself has been torn from his wife and child,
stricken by
the ravages of leprosy.France, devasted by the Hundred Years War, is no place for
travellers.
Yet Catherine disregards every hazard to join those noble
men
who are planing the downfall of La Trémoille, the arch-enemy
of
her cause and of her country. Success or failure depend upon
her
and she risks her life in the exotic and daring role which
she must
play.In the squalor of a gypsy camp, in the splendour of Charles
VII's
Court, Catherine's courage and exqusite beauty inspire
loyalty and
passionate love - never forgetting the one man she loves... |
Arnaud de Montsalvy
....introducing the main characters in book 3
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Carlat/Montsalvy |
Loire-Valley |
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Catherine
Sara
Isabelle de Montsalvy
Michel (her son)
Gauthier Sronghitarm
Brother Etienne
Abbot Bernard
Rodrigo de Villa-Andrade
Sir Hugh Alan Kennedy
Ian MacLaren
Saturnin
Fortunat
Arnaud de Montsalvy
The Minstrel
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Jacques Coeur
Qeen Yolande d'Anjou
Tristan l'Hermite
Pierre de Brézé
Arthur de Richemont
Gilles de Rais
Georges de la Trémoille
Catherine de la Trémoille
King Charles VII
Bernard d'Armagnac
Dauphin Louis
Tchalai (Catherine)
Fero the gypsy lord
Tereina
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Memorable Quotes
"No mother, I
shall not keep the black diamond. It is an accursed jewel.
It has
brought nothing but misfortune."
Catherine to Dame Isabelle Chapter One
"No!...God is my witness that I love you too and that
I would tear this love from
my breast if I could, because it is killing me. But you must
go!"
Arnaud de Montsalvy to Catherine his wife Chapter Three
"And what is left to me of it?
I am all alone, always aone - I have no more love,
no husband...
Catherine de Montsalvy to Gauthier her faithful servant
Chapter Three
"Monseigneur, your welcome has moved and touched me more
than I can say. But
I beg you to make use of me exactly as you would havae made
use of my beloved
husband had it pleased God to spare him! My only remaining
desire on this earth
is to avenge him and restore to my son what is rightfully
his!"
Catherine to Queen Yolande and her Chevaliers Chapter
Five
"I shall call you Tchalai...which means "star" in our
tongue...
but until we get there you are still Catherine, as you
always were!
Sara to Catherine de Montsalvy Chapter Six
"You must realize that I have given a part of this heart
to your husband, that Arnaud
all stiff with pride and passion and suffering whom I saw
one night, weeping like a
child for his shattered life and condemned love...
Sara to Catherine de Montsalyv Chapter Eleven
"Stop...you know very well no man will ever take his
place...and that I'll never love
another as I loved him...as I still love him!"
Catherine to Sara Chapter Eleven
"...on your knees! And ask God to pardon you for the evil
you have done, for torturing
my husband, betraying Jeanne d'Arc, pillaging the kingdom,
sacrificing so many
innocent lives...
Catherine to Catherine de la Trémoille Chapter Eleven
Every time I see you, you look more beautiful,
Catherine...Why do you refuse to allow
me to care of you for always?"
Pierre de Brézé to Catherine de Montsalvy Chapter Twelve
"There are so few pretty women, and now you are
wanting to leave us! What is there
so attractive about this Auvergne of yours?"
King Charles VII to Catherine Chapter Thirteen
"You were rightly destined for our family, Catherine. Almost
by instinct you seem to
have stumbled on the old tradition by which the châteleines
of Montsalvy would go
to Puy, in times of war and danger, to implore divine help
and offer their most
beautiful jewels to the Madonna. Go, my daughter, you think
as a true Montsalvy would!"
Isabelle de Montsalvy to Catherine Chapter Fifteen
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