Athenais
The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France
Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · October 15, 2007
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A polished, period-minded read about power, intimacy, and the theater of court life.
- Genres
- Royal Lives, French History, Women's Lives
- Published
- Little, Brown and Company, October 15, 2007
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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 like fiction, Hilton reveals the woman behind the most dazzling days of the Sun King's reign. photos.
Court Life
A polished, period-minded read about power, intimacy, and the theater of court life.
Come here for
- courtly intrigue, social climb, and the hard edge of favor
- a historical lens with novelistic sweep
Expect
- familiar historical contours
- an emphasis on atmosphere over tidy answers
Where it sits
| Women's Lives | 94% |
|---|---|
| French History | 73% |
| Royal Lives | 72% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Royal Lives
- French History
- Authors
- Lisa Hilton, Duncan Falconer
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- October 15, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Royal Lives