Lorraine meets with Winston Churchill, an important British politician. They form a secret pact to topple the Cordovan Emirate (present-day Spain and Portugal), the last bastion of Islam in western Europe.

Julien meets with Father Calvet and Brother Matthew, a young Inquisitor. Matthew tells Julien the grandfather of Godefroi de Bouillon, the first Duke of Lorraine, is Lohengrin, the “Swan Knight” of the Grail epics. It’s a direct connection between the House of Lorraine and the legendary Grail Family.

Matthew also shows Julien that The Shepherds of Arcadia is secretly constructed around a pentagram, centered on the eye of the shepherdess in the painting.

Lorraine discovers one of his daughter’s late-night sexual encounters, and is furious with her.

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dans Les rois perdus (Rex Mundi #3)