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Murder-party
La comtesse de Foix loue un château en Suisse pour y organiser une murder-party, nouveau jeu de société en vogue.
Quelques jours avant cette soirée, Isabelle, la fille de la comtesse et du comte de Foix, leur annonce ses fiançailles avec Georges d’Aigues. Son père est mécontent car il soupçonne George de s’être fiancée avec Isabelle pour son argent et d’avoir une liaison avec une star de cinéma, Clarisse Villevert, qui n’est autre que son ancienne maitresse.
Une vingtaine de convives sont invités dont Clarisse Villevert et le fiancée d’Isabelle. Lors de cette murder-party, deux personnes doivent « mourir » : l’une dans la chambre de la comtesse et l’autre dans la chambre d’isabelle en se suicidant après avoir « tué » la première victime en tirant par la fenêtre. Cette deuxième « victime » est la maitresse de Georges.
La mort va faire irruption dans le jeu...
Quelques jours avant cette soirée, Isabelle, la fille de la comtesse et du comte de Foix, leur annonce ses fiançailles avec Georges d’Aigues. Son père est mécontent car il soupçonne George de s’être fiancée avec Isabelle pour son argent et d’avoir une liaison avec une star de cinéma, Clarisse Villevert, qui n’est autre que son ancienne maitresse.
Une vingtaine de convives sont invités dont Clarisse Villevert et le fiancée d’Isabelle. Lors de cette murder-party, deux personnes doivent « mourir » : l’une dans la chambre de la comtesse et l’autre dans la chambre d’isabelle en se suicidant après avoir « tué » la première victime en tirant par la fenêtre. Cette deuxième « victime » est la maitresse de Georges.
La mort va faire irruption dans le jeu...
131 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 9, 2019
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About the author
Henry Bordeaux
541 books6 followersHenry Bordeaux (25 January 1870 – 29 March 1963) was a French writer and lawyer.
Bordeaux came from a family of lawyers of Savoy. He was born in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie. His grandfather was a magistrate and his father served on the Chambéry bar. During his early life, he relocated between Savoy and Paris and the tensions between provincial and city life influenced his writings. In his professional life he observed closely the dissolution of numerous families and analysed the causes and consequences of these. From the age of seventeen he spent three years in Paris studying law. Then he returned to practice law in Savoy. He returned to Paris after the publication of his first book during 1894. When his father died in 1896 he returned to Savoy.
The writings of Bordeaux reflect the values of traditional provincial Catholic communities. One recurring theme is loyalty. Loyalty is pervasive, and it applies to family, country and God. This theme is particularly evidenced in the novels "La Peur de vivre" and "Les Roquevillard."
Bordeaux was elected to the Académie française on 22 May 1919. This elite group of writers, popularly known as the "immortals," are responsible for establishing and maintaining the grammar, usage and acceptance of vocabulary into standard French.
He was a contributor to Le Visage de l'Italie, a 1929 book about Italy prefaced by Benito Mussolini.[1]
Bordeaux died in Paris in 1963.
Bordeaux came from a family of lawyers of Savoy. He was born in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie. His grandfather was a magistrate and his father served on the Chambéry bar. During his early life, he relocated between Savoy and Paris and the tensions between provincial and city life influenced his writings. In his professional life he observed closely the dissolution of numerous families and analysed the causes and consequences of these. From the age of seventeen he spent three years in Paris studying law. Then he returned to practice law in Savoy. He returned to Paris after the publication of his first book during 1894. When his father died in 1896 he returned to Savoy.
The writings of Bordeaux reflect the values of traditional provincial Catholic communities. One recurring theme is loyalty. Loyalty is pervasive, and it applies to family, country and God. This theme is particularly evidenced in the novels "La Peur de vivre" and "Les Roquevillard."
Bordeaux was elected to the Académie française on 22 May 1919. This elite group of writers, popularly known as the "immortals," are responsible for establishing and maintaining the grammar, usage and acceptance of vocabulary into standard French.
He was a contributor to Le Visage de l'Italie, a 1929 book about Italy prefaced by Benito Mussolini.[1]
Bordeaux died in Paris in 1963.
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