First mistake: the name of the hero is 'Gilles Goëlo' and not Gaëlo (the mistake must have been made when the French version was first created) there could also be added Gilles de Tournemine because the hero has the first name only until about the middle of the book.
Then: Please exchange the summary (twice) with the correct English text: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... & here : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... The Lure of the Falcon marks Gilles Goëlo's debut as Juliette Benzoni's first male hero in this new historical adventure. The novel opens in 1779 with young Gilles being primed for the priesthood at his mother's insistence. She believes her son's ordination will atone for an affair that left her with a bastard son and deprived her of a religious vocation.
But Gilles' heart rebels and he secretly wishes to go to America with Lafayette to join the fight against the British Imperialists. He also yearns to track down the identity of the father he has never known and whose name his mother refuses to disclose to him. Gilles' frustrated love for Judith de Saint-Mélaine, the daughter of an impoverished aristocrat, finally impels him to leave for the New World. In America, Gilles shows his true colours, both as a dauntless soldier and a formidable ladies' man. The renaissance man par excellence, he swims, fences, rides and makes love all with a nonpareil finesse. General Washington sends him on an Indian mission where he again demonstrates his capacity for heroism and passion. Through a series of bizarre adventures, Gilles comes to terms with his own identity, which is revealed to him by the « Lure of the Falcon »
Then: Please exchange the summary (twice) with the correct English text:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... & here :
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The Lure of the Falcon marks Gilles Goëlo's debut as Juliette Benzoni's first male hero in this new historical adventure. The novel opens in 1779 with young Gilles being primed for the priesthood at his mother's insistence. She believes her son's ordination will atone for an affair that left her with a bastard son and deprived her of a religious vocation.
But Gilles' heart rebels and he secretly wishes to go to America with Lafayette to join the fight against the British Imperialists. He also yearns to track down the identity of the father he has never known and whose name his mother refuses to disclose to him.
Gilles' frustrated love for Judith de Saint-Mélaine, the daughter of an impoverished aristocrat, finally impels him to leave for the New World. In America, Gilles shows his true colours, both as a dauntless soldier and a formidable ladies' man. The renaissance man par excellence, he swims, fences, rides and makes love all with a nonpareil finesse.
General Washington sends him on an Indian mission where he again demonstrates his capacity for heroism and passion. Through a series of bizarre adventures, Gilles comes to terms with his own identity, which is revealed to him by the « Lure of the Falcon »