14 Facts About Hubert Monteilhet

Hubert Monteilhet was a French writer of crime and historical fiction.

Hubert Monteilhet's works are characterized by their literary sophistication and mordant wit while exploring moral and philosophical issues.

Hubert Monteilhet was tutored by Jean Recanati, a communist and future editor of L'Humanite, whom Monteilhet's parents had taken in.

Hubert Monteilhet first taught history in Normandy, and then at the Lycee Carnot in Tunisia from 1959 to 1970.

Hubert Monteilhet's debut novel, The Praying Mantises, was an instant success.

Hubert Monteilhet covered a vast array of subjects: the Spanish Inquisition in Les Derniers Feux, Emperor Nero's Rome in Neropolis, Joan of Arc in La Pucelle, the times of Louis XIII and the Musketeers in De plume et d'epee, and the French Revolution in Les Bouffons.

Hubert Monteilhet continued writing crime novels from time to time: Le Proces Filippi, La Perte de Vue, Arnaques and others.

For many years, Hubert Monteilhet was a food columnist for the regional newspaper Sud Ouest Dimanche.

Hubert Monteilhet died on May 12,2019, in Garlin, a small town in southwestern France, where he resided for many years.

Hubert Monteilhet is survived by his wife Genevieve, five children, 12 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.

Hubert Monteilhet is a minor character in Murder at Leisure and Murder at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Hubert Monteilhet was influenced by the French libertine writers of the 18th century.

Hubert Monteilhet rejected the reforms instituted by the Second Vatican Council and denounced them in the polemical essay Rome n'est plus dans Rome.

Hubert Monteilhet defended his literal interpretation of the Gospels in another essay, Ce que je crois, et pourquoi.