College of Letters & Science
Would Molière be the great playwrite we know today had he not met Madeleine de Béjart, the beautiful, intelligent, and gifted acress who was his collaborator, mistress, and sister-in-law–or perhaps mother-in-law? Richard Goodkin’s well-documented novel adopts the form of a historical fiction. When details are missing from the historical record, the author fills in the …