Auguste Bailly (1878–1967) was a French

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and

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. Several of his works have been adapted into films, particularly his 1924 novel ''Naples au baiser de feu'' which has had four screen adaptations including the 1954

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film ''

Flame and the Flesh ''Flame and the Flesh'' is a 1954 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Lana Turner, Pier Angeli, Carlos Thompson and Bonar Colleano. It was made and distributed by MGM and produced by Joe Pasternak from a screenplay by ...

''. As a historian he made a particular study of the relationship between

Louis XIII of France Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...

and his wife

Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (french: Anne d'Autriche, italic=no, es, Ana María Mauricia, italic=no; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was an infanta of Spain who became Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XIII from their marriage in 1615 unt ...

.MacDonald p.24

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * MacDonald, Roger. ''The Man in the Iron Mask: The True Story of the Most Famous Prisoner in History and the Four Musketeers''. Constable, 2005. 1878 births 1967 deaths French novelists 20th-century French historians Writers from Paris {{France-historian-stub