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Early life. Merle was born in 1908 in Tébessa, French Algeria. His father Félix, who was an interpreter "with a perfect knowledge of literary and spoken Arabic", was killed in 1916 in the Dardanelles. Young Merle and his mother moved to Paris, where he attended three lycées and the Sorbonne.
Mobilisé en 1939, Robert Merle est agent de liaison avec les forces britanniques. Fait prisonnier à Dunkerque, il témoignera de son expérience dans la poche de Dunkerque dans un documentaire d' Henri de Turenne 7 et dans son roman Week-end à Zuydcoote ; il reste en captivité jusqu'en 1943 .
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Jan 19, 2015 · Robert Merle and his family moved to France in 1918. Merle wrote in many styles and won the Prix Goncourt for his novel Week-end à Zuydcoote. He has also written a 13 book series of historical novels, Fortune de France.
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- March 28, 2004
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Robert Merle has 84 books on Goodreads with 44877 ratings. Robert Merle’s most popular book is La mort est mon métier.
Il publia entre autres "Un Week end à Zuydcoote" (prix Goncourt), son célèbre roman "La Mort est mon métier", "L'île", "Malevil" et la série "Fortune de France. Il meurt le 27 mars 2004 dans son domaine de La Malmaison à Grosouvre (78) où il est enterré.
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Complete order of Robert Merle books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Fortune de France (Fortunes of France) is a sequence of 13 historical novels by French author Robert Merle, published between 1977 and 2003. The series is about 16th and 17th century France through the eyes of a fictitious Huguenot doctor-turned-spy Pierre de Siorac.
