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First published in France by Editions de Trévise 1973  

see my 'International Cover page' for all the different French covers →  here



First published in Great Britain 1974 under the name A Snare for Catherine by William Heineman Ltd.

This sixth Novel had now a new translator, Mrs. Anne Carter

The Novel was also translated into more than 20 languages



In the  above extract from an article 1972, the Romancière talks about the two upcoming sequels concerning the Catherine Saga which had ended in 1968 with Catherine and a Time for love - being the only Novel with an Epiloge! It was her aim to show her readers how life really was for women at the time of the 'Hundred Year War' !




'A Snare for Catherine' was reissued in 2020 by Telos Publishing. The new Edition was re-named and is now called:  'A Trap for Catherine' - see above cover

Do not miss my Bonus page about all seven Catherine Novels with lots of extra information→ here



UK Pan books Edition for 'A Snare for Catherine'. So far I have not been able to discover who designed in 1977 the dust jacket. The sixth Novel ended with a terrible cliffhanger for which the English Readers had to wait over forty years to find out what happened to the heroine and if there would be a happy-end between her and her husband the Count of Montsalvy...!
    



The re-issued Catherine series are dedicated to Linda Compagnoni Walther by the wish of the late Juliette Benzoni. Souvenir photo with the author Juliette Benzoni on 31 October 2009 during my first visit at Saint-Mandé.



For all facts see → INFO PAGE  and at Telos Publishing Ltd. official website   here all of the books are not abridged this time !

 



The Catherine series and the PRESS
→ rare material from 1959 - 2021 and never seen articles and photos → here

Chapter by Chapter - One Love is Enough here


 
The Catherine series has so far been translated into more than twenty-six languages - see the international Book covers page (31 countries !) → here



The Ballad of Catherine 1965 -  Composer: Paul AMAR, text: Juliette Benzoni -  Singer: Bernard Stéphane and Michèle Arnaud.
 


Film Adaption in 1968 of Catherine, il suffit d'un amour

Director 'Bernard Borderie', the same man who had already directed the Angélique films (after the books by Anne Golon). Juliette was extremely disappointed by the end product, because they had turned her story into a Political unrest, inspired by the '1968 Paris riots'! The original story was no longer recognisable! I can only agree with her. I have decided to create an extra page with photos and it is under construction The movie had after all some international Stars which deserve to be mentioned - like Olga Georges-Picot, Claude Brasseur, Horst Frank and Francine Bergé. 

Music by Michel Magne 
- who already composed the Film music for the Angélique films.



Television-Series in 1986 Catherine, il suffit d'un amour

Marion Saraut's TV-Series Catherine premiered on March 19, 1986

Co-Production Antenne 2 - SFP

Director Marion Sarraut

Adaption by Juliette Benzoni & Jean Chatenet

Music by Robert Viger



Story of Catherine  - as seen from the view of the 1986 TV-Series Catherine, il suffit d'un amour



Portrait of Director Marion Sarraut here

 

Synopsis : A Trap for Catherine


As Arnaud, the Lord of Montsalvy, rode off proudly one frosty morning  on his black charger, accompanied by his knights, and made for Paris and its liberation from the English, he felt intoxicated by the prospect of the battle to come. Neither he nor Catherine, ever imagined that soon Catherine would face far harder struggles alone. Knowing that Arnaud has left, a band of routiers, the Achpiers, besiege the castle with ruthless determination. Although the town manages to hold off the attack, the Lady of Montsalvy, finds she has to reckon with the cunning of Béralt d'Apchier. When he sends one of his sons to Arnaud in Paris falsely to accuse Catherine of adultery and betrayal, Catherine knows that to save her marriage - she must escape from Montsalvy and go to Paris herself.

Catherine's all-consuming passion for Arnaud carries her on against every adversity, every desperate setback. Her love for him is tested to the limits as she confronts the atrocities of war, torture and despair and... Arnaud's part in them...

 

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