The Hurlyburly's Husband

'A bawdy romp one minute, a gruesome tragedy the next. The writing is beautiful, witty, grisly and moving, and reeks of authenticity' Sunday Telegraph

'Fascinating...I rooted wildly for the brave Marquis' Daily Mail

'Dazzling' Le Point

'Teulé recreates with gusto the bizarre social mores of the nobility at that time: appalling, dirty and wicked . . . the author explores the hidden corners of history with the ease of a seasoned veteran' L’Express

'A magnificent novel' Paris Match

'An unrestrained, nightmarish, hilarious, and moving portrait of the underbelly of the Grand Siècle, wading through its baseness, its excrement and its entrails' Elle

'The husband of Louis XIV’s favourite never came to terms with being deceived by the king. Jean Teulé has restored the name of this magnificent cuckold' Figaro Littéraire 

Praise for Jean Teulé

'[Tuelé's] darkly comic tales delved into real-life murky milieus as well as his own baroque imagination, and detailed an array of misdeeds ranging from cuckoldry to cannibalism' The Telegraph