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Le Boiteux de Varsovie #4
Le boiteux de Varvosie - Tome 4
Ruiné par la guerre de 14-18 et ne possédant plus que son palais vénitien, le prince Aldo Morosini est devenu antiquaire spécialisé dans les joyaux historiques. Cela lui vaut d'être invité à rejoindre, dans les caves du ghetto de Varsovie, un mystérieux personnage. Simon Aronov, bien connu des salles des ventes européennes, encore que personne ne puisse se vanter de l'avoir jamais vu.
Boiteux et borgne mais doué d'une puissante personnalité, Aronov est un Juif de haute spiritualité. Il montre à son hôte une extraordinaire pièce de musée : le Pectoral du Grand Prêtre du temple de Jérusalem, une plaque d'or pur ou s'enchâssent douze pierres précieuses. Une pour chacune des tribus d'Israël. Mais il en manque quatre, volées et dispersées au cours des siècles. Or une tradition annonce qu'Israël ne retrouvera sa terre ancestrale que lorsque le Pectoral reconstitué y reviendra.
Une des quatre pierres, le saphir, appartenait à la mère de Morosini, mais on l'a assassinée pour s'en emparer. Pour cette raison, Aldo va accepter la quête de ce Graal d'un nouveau genre et rechercher les pierres manquantes : le saphir, bien entendu, mais aussi le diamant, l'opale et le rubis...
Une enquête d'Aldo Morosini
323 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Juliette Benzoni
304 books154 followersJuliette Benzoni, (Andrée-Marguerite-Juliette) was a French author and international bestseller in several genres, including historical romance, historical fiction, mystery and screenwriting. Named by the Media as the « Queen of History Novels » and « Daughter of Alexander Dumas».
Born 1920 in Paris and growing up in an upper-middle-class family. At the age of nine, she discovered her passion for history while looking at a photo of ‘Joan of Arc’. Benzoni studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris’, philosophy, law and literature. At the age of fifteen, her parents moved to Saint-Mandé where she lived until her death.
In 1941, she married a doctor from Dijon, and was soon mother of two children. During that period, she studied at the libraries of Dijon the History of the Dukes of Burgundy, where she stumbled on the Legend of the Order of the Golden Fleece, which would later inspire her for her Catherine series.
In 1950, her husband died and she went to Morocco, visiting relatives of her late husband and joined the editorial staff at a radio station and met her future husband, Colonel Count André Benzoni di Conza. They married in 1953, but because of the unstable political situation, she returned to Paris, while her husband was to join the 6th Regiment of Moroccan Spahis in Hué.
Back in Paris, she launched into journalism and worked for various Newspapers, Magazines and wrote for ‘Confidences’ historical articles and interviewed celebrities such as Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Erich von Stroheim and Maurice Chevalier.
In 1959, Gérald Gauthier, director of the Press Agency at Opéra Mundi, watched her in a popular television Quiz show and impressed by her historical knowledge about the Italian Renaissance asked her if she were able to write a historical romance series
in the style of Anne Golon's ‘Angélique’.
Benzoni affirmed, remembering her fascination for the ‘Order of the Golden Fleece’. Her research for that soon-to-become Bestseller took up three years and in 1963, 'Catherine, Il suffit d’un amour’ was published. The success was enormous and there followed in 1965, a Song called ‘Catherine, ma mie’ composed by Paul Amar, text by Juliette Benzoni.
The Catherine series was translated into 26 languages. Benzoni's Works includes: 3 Single Novels, 17 series, 18 self-contained short stories; 55 million Readers and 300 million books sold Worldwide. She was a huge fan of the books by Agatha Christie, Anne Perry and Ken Follet. In 1978 she received from the White House a letter by President ‘Ronald Reagan’ for the way she described in her Novel ‘The Lure of the Falcon’ the Independence War!
Four of her Bestsellers the ‘Catherine, Marianne, Le Gerfaut and La Florentine’ series were filmed for French television, for which she wrote the Screenplay, together with Jean Chatenet. Although her later works were not widely translated, in 1984, she was one of the top ten female French writers whose works were translated into English. Two weeks before her death in 2016, her last book ‘Le Vol du Sancy: Des carats pour Ava’? was published. It was the 15th adventure of her favourite hero Prince Aldo Morosini, a mystery series.
Her Awards and Honours:
1973 the Alexandre Dumas Prix, for the Catherine and Marianne series.
1988, the Prix Littéraire « Louis Barthou » Silver Medal from the Académie Française for Felicia au soleil couchant.
1998, the Chevalier of the National Order of Merit Medal, by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.
Born 1920 in Paris and growing up in an upper-middle-class family. At the age of nine, she discovered her passion for history while looking at a photo of ‘Joan of Arc’. Benzoni studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris’, philosophy, law and literature. At the age of fifteen, her parents moved to Saint-Mandé where she lived until her death.
In 1941, she married a doctor from Dijon, and was soon mother of two children. During that period, she studied at the libraries of Dijon the History of the Dukes of Burgundy, where she stumbled on the Legend of the Order of the Golden Fleece, which would later inspire her for her Catherine series.
In 1950, her husband died and she went to Morocco, visiting relatives of her late husband and joined the editorial staff at a radio station and met her future husband, Colonel Count André Benzoni di Conza. They married in 1953, but because of the unstable political situation, she returned to Paris, while her husband was to join the 6th Regiment of Moroccan Spahis in Hué.
Back in Paris, she launched into journalism and worked for various Newspapers, Magazines and wrote for ‘Confidences’ historical articles and interviewed celebrities such as Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Erich von Stroheim and Maurice Chevalier.
In 1959, Gérald Gauthier, director of the Press Agency at Opéra Mundi, watched her in a popular television Quiz show and impressed by her historical knowledge about the Italian Renaissance asked her if she were able to write a historical romance series
in the style of Anne Golon's ‘Angélique’.
Benzoni affirmed, remembering her fascination for the ‘Order of the Golden Fleece’. Her research for that soon-to-become Bestseller took up three years and in 1963, 'Catherine, Il suffit d’un amour’ was published. The success was enormous and there followed in 1965, a Song called ‘Catherine, ma mie’ composed by Paul Amar, text by Juliette Benzoni.
The Catherine series was translated into 26 languages. Benzoni's Works includes: 3 Single Novels, 17 series, 18 self-contained short stories; 55 million Readers and 300 million books sold Worldwide. She was a huge fan of the books by Agatha Christie, Anne Perry and Ken Follet. In 1978 she received from the White House a letter by President ‘Ronald Reagan’ for the way she described in her Novel ‘The Lure of the Falcon’ the Independence War!
Four of her Bestsellers the ‘Catherine, Marianne, Le Gerfaut and La Florentine’ series were filmed for French television, for which she wrote the Screenplay, together with Jean Chatenet. Although her later works were not widely translated, in 1984, she was one of the top ten female French writers whose works were translated into English. Two weeks before her death in 2016, her last book ‘Le Vol du Sancy: Des carats pour Ava’? was published. It was the 15th adventure of her favourite hero Prince Aldo Morosini, a mystery series.
Her Awards and Honours:
1973 the Alexandre Dumas Prix, for the Catherine and Marianne series.
1988, the Prix Littéraire « Louis Barthou » Silver Medal from the Académie Française for Felicia au soleil couchant.
1998, the Chevalier of the National Order of Merit Medal, by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.
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March 30, 2025
La deuxième guerre mondiale n'est plus si loin et Aldo ne tardera pas a trouver le dernier joyau, mais ce rubis maudit laisse une formidable traînée de sang derrière elle. Ajoutez à cela une épouse détestable, un ennemi désormais beau-père et la perte d'un être cher, les jours sont bien sombres pour notre prince vénitien antiquaire. Heureusement, dans ce tome, Aldo profitera aussi de l'aide d'une alliée qui pourrait bien devenir beaucoup plus que cela. Ce tome clôt l'arc "Boiteux de Varsovie", mais avec 8 autres tomes, les aventures d'Aldo sont loin d'être terminées. Une très bonne série qu'on peut lire et relire sans se fatiguer.
Le prince semble bientôt clore sa recherche car il a repérer le dernier joyaux. Malgré la perte d'une proche connaissance, il poursuit son but, toujours soutenu de sa secrétaire Lisa. Cette fois, il cherche le rubis d'une princesse, Jeanne la folle. Cette défunte femme est le seul indice qu'Aldo possède au début. Il a trouvé son portrait dans une demeure nantie espagnole. Alors qu'il s'engage à travers les rues de l'Espagne en quête de pistes, son indésirable épouse se conforte dans son titre de princesse Morosini et est prête aux pires folies pour qu'il en demeure ainsi. Les Solmansky sont donc toujours une menace pour le prince vénitien et ses proches. Alors qu'Aldo traverses plusieurs pays afin de retrouver la pierre, plusieurs meurtres jalonneront son périple. Lorsqu'il la trouve enfin, les circonstances font que Dianora est séduite par la pierre maudite et décide de s'en faire un collier, malgré les protestations du prince.
Catégorisation: Roman fiction français, littérature adulte
Note: 8/10
Le prince semble bientôt clore sa recherche car il a repérer le dernier joyaux. Malgré la perte d'une proche connaissance, il poursuit son but, toujours soutenu de sa secrétaire Lisa. Cette fois, il cherche le rubis d'une princesse, Jeanne la folle. Cette défunte femme est le seul indice qu'Aldo possède au début. Il a trouvé son portrait dans une demeure nantie espagnole. Alors qu'il s'engage à travers les rues de l'Espagne en quête de pistes, son indésirable épouse se conforte dans son titre de princesse Morosini et est prête aux pires folies pour qu'il en demeure ainsi. Les Solmansky sont donc toujours une menace pour le prince vénitien et ses proches. Alors qu'Aldo traverses plusieurs pays afin de retrouver la pierre, plusieurs meurtres jalonneront son périple. Lorsqu'il la trouve enfin, les circonstances font que Dianora est séduite par la pierre maudite et décide de s'en faire un collier, malgré les protestations du prince.
Catégorisation: Roman fiction français, littérature adulte
Note: 8/10
November 16, 2024
Gostei bastante, leitura agradável, e baseado em alguns factos históricos certos.
Fiquei bastante interessada em ler os anteriores.
Gosto da forma de escrita do autor
Fiquei bastante interessada em ler os anteriores.
Gosto da forma de escrita do autor
December 27, 2025
Une parfaite fin à la série! Du début à la fin, j’ai été emporté par le récit et j’ai eu du mal à poser le livre. J’ai hâte de continuer à lire les aventures de Morosini!
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