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

Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France - Paperback

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Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France - Paperback

Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France - Paperback

by Lisa Hilton
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Book Overview

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.
ISBN9780316778510
Author Lisa Hilton
PublisherBack Bay Books
GenreBiography and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2008
LanguageENG- English
Pages384
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France - Paperback

By Lisa Hilton

About Lisa Hilton

LISA HILTON is the acclaimed author of Athénaïs, Mistress Peachum's Pleasure, Queens Consort, and The Horror of Love. She is also the author of three novels, the best-selling Wolves in Winter, The House with Blue Shutters, and The Stolen Queen.

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