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100	1		_aBernard, Tristan, _d1866-1947
245	1	0	_aSecrets d'État
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-03-08
508			_aLaurent Vogel (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
520			_a"Secrets d'État" by Tristan Bernard is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows a witty, observant Frenchman drawn into the court of a fictional central-European state, where he navigates the hidden pressures between an intelligent, elusive king, a formidable prime minister, and a candid young diplomat in love with a court lady. Expect court intrigue, political satire, and questions of loyalty and conscience set against a polished, ceremonial world. The opening of the novel frames a Paris writer-narrator being hounded by a red‑haired fixer to turn a packet of notes into a book, prompting him to begin the tale. He recalls his leap from shabby Latin Quarter tutor to a discreet court post in Bergensland, thanks to a German tailor’s connection with the embassy. On the train he befriends Henry, comte de Tolberg, who sketches the regime—an unseen yet revered king, the dominating baron de Herner, a compliant parliament—and confides his love for Bertha, whose divorce Herner obstructs. In Schoenburg, the narrator endures the blustering tutor Bölmöller, is installed at the palace, and is welcomed by Herner, who tasks him with analyzing French press and tracking socialist currents and émigrés. A dinner at Herner’s house reveals the court’s texture; soon after, the narrator meets King Charles XVI, bonds with him over literature, and notices the king’s discreet confidant, the comte de Herrenstein. With freedom to dine in town (and a light affair with a female bandleader), he settles into routine until the king summons him again. There, troubled by having upheld a soldier’s execution at Herner’s urging, the king voices a powerful condemnation of capital punishment and war, while Herrenstein’s somber music underlines the story’s blend of political maneuvering and private scruple. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cParis: Édition du Monde Illustré, 1908
653			_aThrillers (Fiction)
653			_aFrench -- Foreign countries -- Fiction
856	4		_uhttps://books.google.com/books?id=HNvvAAAAMAAJ
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78141
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