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

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

Lisa Hilton

384 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction biography history informative tense slow-paced
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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 l...

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