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A review by magshugs
Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland
4.0
I loved this. It paints a wonderful picture of what life would have been like during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King. It also had a lot of parallels to a book a I read earlier this year about Charles II of England. His sister Henriette was married to Louis's brother Phillipe, and was a pretty important character in this novel.
Petite, or Louisa's life was so interesting. She came from practically nothing, after her father passed away her family was seriously in debt. So it's a great rags to riches type of story in that sense. Her life seemed very tragic also, she pretty much lived her life fearing the devil and/or fearing making the wrong move with the King and had periods of great ups and downs throughout her lifetime.
Petite, or Louisa's life was so interesting. She came from practically nothing, after her father passed away her family was seriously in debt. So it's a great rags to riches type of story in that sense. Her life seemed very tragic also, she pretty much lived her life fearing the devil and/or fearing making the wrong move with the King and had periods of great ups and downs throughout her lifetime.