Love And Louis Xiv by Antonia Fraser
The Women in the Life of the Sun King
A richly researched narrative tracing the Sun King’s intimate life, this book examines the succession of women—wives, mistresses and confidantes—who shaped his personal world and, through love, ambition and rivalry, influenced the politics and culture of his court; drawing on letters, memoirs and archival sources, it illuminates the personalities, intrigues and shifting power dynamics at Versailles and shows how romantic alliances helped to define both the monarch’s public authority and the evolving role of women in seventeenth-century France.
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