Le Roi Lepreux [French]

By Pierre Benoît

"Le Roi Lepreux" est un roman d'aventure et de myst re qui plonge le lecteur dans l'atmosph re envo tante du Cambodge au d but du XXe si cle. L'intrigue se noue autour des ruines grandioses d'Angkor, o les l gendes du pass se m alent aux r alit s de l' poque coloniale. Le r cit suit les p rip ties de Rapha l Saint-Sornin, un jeune officier fran ais charg de missions arch ologiques, dont la vie bascule lorsqu'il se retrouve au c "ur d'une conspiration complexe li e aux vestiges de l'ancien empire khmer.

Pierre Benoit d peint avec une grande ma (R)trise les d cors somptueux de la jungle cambodgienne et la splendeur m lancolique des temples oubli s. Entre recherches scientifiques et drames personnels, l' "uvre explore la fascination de l'Occident pour l'Orient, tout en tissant une trame romanesque riche en rebondissements. La figure mystique du souverain b tisseur, le Roi L preux, plane sur toute l'histoire, conf rant au r cit une dimension mythologique et tragique.

V ritable classique de la litt rature d' vasion, "Le Roi Lepreux" se distingue par son style l gant et sa capacit capturer l'esprit d'une poque. Ce roman demeure une lecture incontournable pour les amateurs de r cits de voyage, d'histoire et de grandes pop es humaines se d roulant dans des contr es lointaines et myst rieuses.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1025789504
• ISBN13: 9781025789507
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Tradd Street Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"