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As lovely and charming as she was shrewd and calculating, AthÈnaÔs 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, Lisa Hilton reveals the woman... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Athenais: Add a description of this character.
- Louise De La Valliere
- Mlle
- Athengs
- Mme
- Lauzun
- Marie-therese
- Monsieur
- Colbert
- La Maintenon
- Bossuet
- Madame
- Mademoiselle
- Marquise De Maintenon
- Athenals
- De Montespan
- De Sevigne
- Lesage
- Anne
- Louvois
- Francoise Scarron
- La Voisin
- Mariette
- Vivonne
- Mazarin
- De Thianges
- Le Brun
- Marie Monvoisin
- Henriette
- Athenifs
- Angelique
- La Grange
- Philippe
- Fouquet
- Clagny
- Henri Iv
- Diane
- Prince De Conde
- Madeleine Gardey
Setting & Locations edit
- Versailles
- France
- Paris
- Europe
- Saint-simon
- St. Germain
- Duc Du Maine
- Flanders
- Blois
- Spain
- Bourbon
- Racine
- Fontainebleau
- England
- Dauphin
- Austria
- Toulouse
- Oiron
- Trianon
- Vincennes
- Mass
- Rambouillet
- Mortemart
- Tuileries
- St. Cyr
- Fontrevault
- Jupiter
- Chambord
- St. Sulpice
- Poitou
- Quinault
- St. Denis
- Rue St. Jacques
- Holland
- St. Cloud
- Italy
First Sentence edit
Versailles today is rather a sad place.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lisa Hilton (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0316084905
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0316084905
Page Count: 320
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 944.033092
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