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Correspondance de La Beaumelle VII (1754)
Ed. Hubert Bost, Claude Lauriol et Hubert Angliviel de La Beaumelle
Malgré de graves problèmes de santé, l’activité littéraire de La Beaumelle est intense durant ces neuf mois, et ses projets nombreux. Le 23 janvier la police saisit à son domicile ses papiers concernant Mme de Maintenon. La collaboration de Saint-Cyr à son entreprise, les documents qu’il a collectés, le manuscrit de sa Vie sont désormais connus des autorités. Cette période est placée sous le signe de l’attente...


