The Secret Wife of Louis XIV Francoise d'Aubigne Madame de Maintenon

Name: The Secret Wife of Louis XIV Francoise d'Aubigne Madame de Maintenon
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Veronica Buckley
ISBN: 9780312430054

Veronica Buckley

01/08/2010
Picador USA

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The Secret Wife of Louis XIV Francoise d'Aubigne Madame de Maintenon par Veronica Buckley

Résumé

Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, was born in a French prison in 1635, her father a condemned traitor and murderer, her mother the warden's seduced daughter. Yet, armed with beauty, intellect, and shrewd judgment, she was to make her way to the center of power at Versailles, the most opulent and ambitious court in all Europe. Sparkling with irresistible wit, fine detail, and novelistic sweep, this exactingly researched biography is a pinnacle of the form.