Athenais: The Life of Louis Xiv's Mistress, the Real Queen of France

Author:   Lisa Hilton
Publisher:   Back Bay Books
ISBN:  

9780316778510


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   14 July 2004
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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Athenais: The Life of Louis Xiv's Mistress, the Real Queen of France


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As lovely and charming as she was shrewd and calculating, Athenais de Montespan became the most powerful noblewoman of her day by brilliantly manipulating her forbidden role as mistress of King Louis XIV. With a lively narrative style that reads like fiction, Hilton reveals the woman behind the most dazzling days of the Sun King's reign. photos.

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Author:   Lisa Hilton
Publisher:   Back Bay Books
Imprint:   Back Bay Books
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9780316778510


ISBN 10:   0316778516
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   14 July 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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At last, Louis XIV's spurned mistress has her day in the sun. Lisa Hilton has rescued Athenais from her undeserving obscurity. Here she lies before us in all her glory--and pain--one of the most compelling women of her age.


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