Les Pardaillan — Tome 01

A ruined seigneur and his daughter Jeanne are driven toward destitution after a legal verdict strips them of their lands. Jeanne sustains a secret love for François de Montmorency, heir to the family that displaced them, while François's brother Henri grows increasingly jealous and threatening. A knight of the Pardaillan lineage becomes entangled in a darker conspiracy that endangers an innocent child and raises the stakes of vendetta and retribution. The narrative weaves clandestine romance, familial rivalry, and violent intrigue against a backdrop of social power struggles that force characters into desperate, consequential choices.