Château de Saché

The Château de Saché is a writer's house museum located in a home built from the converted remains of a feudal castle.

The château was owned by Balzac's friend, Jean de Margonne, his mother's lover and the father of her youngest child.

The writer would often spend long periods staying here, away from his turbulent life in Paris, writing 14 to 16 hours a day.

After supper he would sleep a few hours, wake around midnight and write until morning, sustained by large amounts of coffee.

The château was built upon the foundations of a twelfth-century fortified house, of which a cylindrical tower and dry moats remain.