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Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King

Duration
14H 19min
Language
English
Format
Category

History

Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's mistresses, principally Louise de La Vallière, Athénaïs de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon, but also the wider story of his relationships with women in general, including his mother Anne of Austria, his two sisters-in-law who were Duchesses d'Orléans in succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson.

“A sparkling history which captures the giddy quality of the times.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

“Vividly capturing 17th-century Europe's most extravagant court.” DAILY EXPRESS

© 2007 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781407402826

Release date

Audiobook: 1 June 2007

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