Perché stiamo così antipatici ai francesi? (C’entra il Re Sole e un siciliano)

The Sun King, the most powerful monarch in French history, was likely the son of an Italian. And the French never got over it. So much so that one of their greatest writers, Alexandre Dumas, wrote an entire novel about it, trying to save the Bourbons' blood with his pen: The Red Sphinx. In this episode of Colapasta, we delve into the heart of a 400-year-old historical gossip. Louis XIII and his male loves, the arrival at court of the handsome Cardinal Mazarin, the "miraculous" birth of Louis XIV after 23 years of sterile marriage, the Mazarinades that inundated the streets of Paris with insults against Italians, and France's cultural inferiority complex toward Italy, the home of taste and culture. And then we talk about Dumas. Of the monstrous writer, of invisible collaborators like Auguste Maquet (and of the trial that followed, the first major case of ghostwriting in history), of his megalomaniacal castle outside Paris, and of his bankruptcy. Subscribe to the newsletter https://substack.com/@andreapassador Bibliography: The Count of Monte Cristo: Dumas https://amzn.to/4uNKRnn The Three Musketeers: Dumas https://amzn.to/4wo7HmT Twenty Years Later: Dumas https://amzn.to/4wo7HmT The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Dumas https://amzn.to/4eHCl4p The Red Sphinx: Dumas https://amzn.to/4eHCl4p My book, Emme by Marcello https://amzn.to/4wgSzb6 As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. 🕒 Video Chapters: 00:00 - The Sun King, Son of Mazarin? 2:03 AM - Dumas and the Ghostwriters 4:13 AM - Dumas and the 17th Century 8:16 AM - The French Inferiority Complex 12:26 PM - Dumas's Trick 👋 Join the community: If you want to rediscover the power of words with me, don't forget to: ✅ Subscribe to the channel 🔔 Hit the bell so you don't miss tomorrow at 12:00 PM See you tomorrow, 12:00 PM! #Dumas #TheRedSphinx #SunKing #LouisXIV #Mazarin #history #literature #FranceItaly #Colapasta #Verbose #CountofMontecristo #TheMosquetWriters #Mazarinade #CardinalRichelieu #historyoffrance