Mayerling
Two pistol shots rang out on the morning of January 30th 1889... and death made two star-cross'd lovers immortal... At thirty, the Archduke Rudolph was seeking distraction in wine, women, and music-loving life passionately, yet burning it as a thing of no value... Estranged from his sour-tempered wife, opposed to the feudal policies of his father, the Emperor Franz Joseph, he was the centre of a thousand intrigues... Suddenly there was Marie-the Baronesse Marie Vetsera-bewitching, lovely and only seventeen-who fell in love with Rudolph at first sight... and happiness and torment... Terence Young directed a movie made upon this book, starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason and Ava Gardner.
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Mayerling
Two pistol shots rang out on the morning of January 30th 1889... and death made two star-cross'd lovers immortal... At thirty, the Archduke Rudolph was seeking distraction in wine, women, and music-loving life passionately, yet burning it as a thing of no value... Estranged from his sour-tempered wife, opposed to the feudal policies of his father, the Emperor Franz Joseph, he was the centre of a thousand intrigues... Suddenly there was Marie-the Baronesse Marie Vetsera-bewitching, lovely and only seventeen-who fell in love with Rudolph at first sight... and happiness and torment... Terence Young directed a movie made upon this book, starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason and Ava Gardner.
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Mayerling

Mayerling

by Claude Anet
Mayerling

Mayerling

by Claude Anet

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Two pistol shots rang out on the morning of January 30th 1889... and death made two star-cross'd lovers immortal... At thirty, the Archduke Rudolph was seeking distraction in wine, women, and music-loving life passionately, yet burning it as a thing of no value... Estranged from his sour-tempered wife, opposed to the feudal policies of his father, the Emperor Franz Joseph, he was the centre of a thousand intrigues... Suddenly there was Marie-the Baronesse Marie Vetsera-bewitching, lovely and only seventeen-who fell in love with Rudolph at first sight... and happiness and torment... Terence Young directed a movie made upon this book, starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason and Ava Gardner.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781511449151
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 03/26/2015
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.49(d)
Language: French

About the Author

Claude Anet, né Jean Schopfer (Morges (Suisse), 28 mai 1868 - Paris, 9 janvier 1931), est un écrivain français, journaliste et joueur de tennis, vainqueur en 1892 du championnat de France international de tennis (Roland-Garros). Romancier, il est l'auteur de Ariane, jeune fille russe et de Mayerling, tous deux plusieurs fois adaptés au cinéma.
Biographie:
Jean Schopfer naît à Morges, en 1868, d'une famille française, protestante, exilée en Suisse depuis deux siècles. Il est licencié ès lettres et diplômé de l'École du Louvre.
Passionné de sport, il est, en 1892, champion de France de tennis, premier joueur à avoir remporté le championnat de France international de tennis, qui deviendra plus tard le tournoi de Roland-Garros. Il est à nouveau finaliste en 1893. Il a consacré un ouvrage à la vedette de ce sport, Suzanne Lenglen (Éd. Simon Kra, 1927).
Grand voyageur, Schopfer parlait plusieurs langues, le russe, l'anglais, un allemand composite, un peu de persan.
Au début du XXe siècle, il adopte le nom de plume Claude Anet , nom du rival du jeune Jean-Jacques Rousseau dans le cœur de Mme de Warens. Il écrit des livres de voyage, des romans, du théâtre. Il est aussi reporter pour le Temps et Le Petit Parisien. En 1917, il assiste à la Révolution russe en tant que correspondant à Saint-Pétersbourg du Journal.
Il est l'auteur de plusieurs romans, dont, en 1920, Ariane, jeune fille russe, adapté à plusieurs reprises au cinéma, notamment par Billy Wilder (Ariane, 1957). Un an avant sa mort, en 1930, il publie Mayerling, qui fera lui aussi l'objet d'adaptations filmées (1936 et 1968).
Après le tennis, il pratiqua le golf, et prédisait le croquet pour ses vieux jours. Mais il meurt d'une septicémie généralisée le 9 janvier 1931 à Paris, à 62 ans.
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