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Athenais

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

Contributors

By Lisa Hilton

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Jul 14, 2004
Page Count
384 pages
Publisher
Back Bay Books
ISBN-13
9780316778510

Price

$24.99

Format

Trade Paperback

Format:

Trade Paperback $24.99

This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around July 14, 2004. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.

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.