Marianne-Agnès Falques

Marianne-Agnès Falques, also known as Marianne Fauques, was a French author of romance novels and other topical writings, including the History of Madame the Marquise de Pompadour.

Biography A study of the life of Marianne Falques reveals several conflicts.

She was born in Lyon, France in about 1720 ). She may have been the daughter of the painter Paul Pillement (b. 1694 Lyon), and Anne Astier who were married in Lyon in 1727.

Nicknamed "The Vaucluse," she was a woman of letters who wrote in English and French in the 18th century; during her lifetime her works were mostly translated into English and German.

Her pseudonyms were many, including: Marianne-Agnès Pillement Falques, Mademoiselle de Fauques, Madame Fauques de Vaucluse, Mademoiselle de **, Mademoiselle Fauque. )

Early years Falques became a nun; reportedly, her family had sent her there for financial reasons, but after ten years of religious life, she was able to have her religious vows annulled and she left the convent. Some sources say she tried to return to her family but was rejected. (In 1758, she would write a novel with the subtitle, "by the author of Abassaï."

Meanwhile, the real-life Madame de Pompadour, the subject of the Falques book, occupied the position of "favorite" as the official mistress of King Louis XV, and Falques' scandalous text was not received well at court. One source says that the Count d'Affry, serving as Minister of France, was charged by the King to take all of the copies of the book and destroy them. However, the book went into multiple printings in French, English and German, frustrating the King's desires and d'Affry's efforts. ) Some sources say Falques returned to France to end her days "after 1777." Still others propose that she died about 1785, perhaps in London.

The Triumph of friendship book translated from the Greek, by Mlle. de **, London, 1751. (read online) Abassaï, oriental history, From the Baghdad printing works. 1753. Contes du serrail, translated from Turkish, The Hague, 1753. Prejudice too braved too and followed, or the memories Mlle Oran by Mlle de ***, London, 1755. The last war of beasts, fable to serve the history of 18th century, by the author of Abassaï, London, 1758. The Vizirs: Or The Enchanted Labyrinth: An Oriental Tale, London, 1774. Moral and funny dialogues, in English and French. For youth education, etc., London, 1777.