Ln September 8, 1603, Julien de Ravalet and his sister Marguerite were arrested in Paris for incest and adultery, thrown into the Châtelet, tried, condemned and beheaded in the Place de Grève. Great job, quickly shipped.
Julien, 21, and Marguerite, 17, belong to a family of eleven children fathered by a Norman squire of good reputation, the lord of Tourlaville. In their early childhood, they are already inseparable. They love each other, they cuddle. This childish love first amuses the family. At 12, Julien was sent to a college far from home for three years. The reunion of the two children in 1598 is charming. They fall into each other’s arms, they make love to each other, they isolate themselves in the park, they end up in Marguerite’s room. July…