About Robert Merle
By 1934, he was teaching English at a lycee in Bordeaux, and by 1936, he was teaching with Jean-Paul Sartre at a Neauilly lycee. Until 1939, his life seemed to be all worked out as he was preparing a thesis on Oscar Wilde and was highly qualified in English studies. He was set to become a university lecturer but the threat of war got him drafted and he was sent to Lille to work with the British army as an interpreter. After the success of his debut novel, Robert Merle decided to combine writing with teaching, as he began writing all manner of pamphlets, plays, and novels. However, he always maintained that he was a humanitarian and that he had to denounce what had happened in Zuydcoote, which he strongly believed was wrong.
Publication Order of Fortune de France Books
4 books in seriesPublication Order
- The Brethren(1977)
- City of Wisdom and Blood(1979)
- Heretic Dawn(1980)
- League of Spies(1982)
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
9 books in seriesPublication Order
- Week-end à Zuydcoote(1950)
- Death Is My Trade(1954)
- The Island(1962)
- The Day of the Dolphin(1967)
- Behind the Glass(1972)
- Malevil(1973)
- The Virility Factor(1977)
- Vittoria(1986)
- The Idol(1989)
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
1 books in seriesPublication Order
- Ahmed Ben Bella(1965)
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