Château de
Lacypierre
An historic jewel set in a green scenery
The book

Annick Lebon-Hénault
Ft 16 x 24 cm, 600 pages, sewn back binding, 24 €
ISBN 978-2-9560026-7-3
Edition and distribution: Esprit de Pays Publishing, Lembras
Lacypierre
the recovered memory
This story is not only the monograph of a family, native of Périgord, whose dwelling, history, and even name had sunk into oblivion, it is also a careful and extremely well documented analysis, – thanks to the private archives – of the legal, financial and political social structures of provincial and rural society in Ancient France.
The main character is Guillaume Benié de Lacypierre, born at the beginning of Louis XV’s reign, whose exceptional longevity allowed him to live out the coronation of Charles X. Although coming from a family of magistrates from the Présidial of Sarlat, the old courthouse, he could not take back the office of his father, who died prematurely. Therefore, he spent his whole career in the military household of the King of France sharing his time between Versailles and his province.
Man of the Ancien Régime, owner of a fiefdom, of privilege, but having accessed hereditary nobility only very late, he was forced in 1791, out of fidelity to his King, to switch into the “outlaws” camp, those emigrants whose name was dragged into the mud by the country’s new masters.
This book also raises the issue of those who were the first victims of the measures that the National Convention multiplied against social outcasts: mothers, sisters and emigrants’ wives, full of outstanding resilience and courage and who gave their lives to save their families from ruin.
Rigorous in the evocation of this transition period of a society jostled by history, the story becomes deeply moving when it addresses the subject of these emigrants’ wives who stayed in a country they do not recognize any longer, a country that suspects them of all crimes and even worse that tempted to starve them. Here is an historical fresco, full of humanity and sensitivity avoiding clichés and getting off the beaten track.
For visits
It is because we have spent our childhood in the château and have been privileged to witness the enthusiasm of our parents restoring it, that we take care of the visits ourselves.

Be our special guests.
15 minutes
from Sarlat La Canéda, Souillac or Montignac
Registered
on the French Historical Monuments Supplementary Inventory (ISMH)
A stone’s
throw from other remarkable sites to visit such as the Jardins d’Eyrignac…
Your guided tour
Individual rates (without booking):
€ 8.00 per person, € 4.00 for children aged 7 to 12 and free for children under 7 years old.
Groups : over 10 people (mandatory booking)
€ 6.50 per person, and one free admission.
A guided visit of the château is provided in English.
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