Cinq Mars

CROWNED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY

The first romantic novel of France, Cinq-Mars, ou Une Conjuration sous Louis XIII, was written by Alfred-Victor, Count de Vigny, under the spell of Sir Walter Scott's adventure-filled historical romances. Himself once a member of the Mousquetaires Rouges, Vigny filled his majestic novel of 1826 with ringing authenticity and lavish historical detail.