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Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Antonia Fraser
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Description for Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Paperback. The new bestseller from Antonia Fraser Num Pages: 512 pages, 68. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 464.
Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's mistresses, principally Louise de La Vallière, Athénaïs de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon, but also the wider story of his relationships with women in general, including his mother Anne of Austria, his two sisters-in-law who were Duchesses d'Orléans in succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson.
Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's mistresses, principally Louise de La Vallière, Athénaïs de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon, but also the wider story of his relationships with women in general, including his mother Anne of Austria, his two sisters-in-law who were Duchesses d'Orléans in succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson.
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753822937
SKU
V9780753822937
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99-99
About Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers. She was awarded the Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000 and was made a DBE in 2011 for services to literature. Her previous books include MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, KING CHARLES II, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMAN'S LOT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND which ... Read more
Reviews for Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
A sparkling history which captures the giddy quality of the times
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Vividly capturing 17th-century Europe's most extravagant court
Mark Comber
DAILY EXPRESS
Antonia Fraser's colourful history emphasises the conflict between private pleasure and religious dut in the life of Europe's grandest Catholic ruler
Simon Shaw
MAIL ON SUNDAY
Fraser brilliantly ... Read more
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Vividly capturing 17th-century Europe's most extravagant court
Mark Comber
DAILY EXPRESS
Antonia Fraser's colourful history emphasises the conflict between private pleasure and religious dut in the life of Europe's grandest Catholic ruler
Simon Shaw
MAIL ON SUNDAY
Fraser brilliantly ... Read more