Bernard Boudic has conducted historical research on the Plaçamen estate which reads like a novel.
He compared numerous historical sources with family memory, his parents having long been employed at the castle.
Beyond the place and its heritage interest, it is a whole section of contemporary history which is revealed: that of its great Breton aristocratic owners during the last two centuries.
After the upheavals of the French Revolution, this legitimist nobility fought for decades to maintain its political role, particularly among a peasant world that was wary of the republican bourgeoisie.
Served by a lively pen, this fascinating study allows us to discover an astonishing "life in a castle" placed in a much broader context.