The sisters of Versailles : a novel
Christie, Sally, 1971-2016
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Goodness, but sisters are a thing to fear. Court intriguers are beginning to sense that young King Louis XV, after seven years of marriage, is tiring of his Polish wife. The race is on to find a mistress for the royal bed as various factions put their best feet, and women, forward. The King's scheming ministers push sweet, naive Louise, the eldest of the aristocratic Nesle sisters, into the arms of the King. Over the following decade, she and three of her younger sisters, ambitious Pauline; complacent Diane, and cunning Marie Anne, will conspire, betray, suffer, and triumph in a desperate fight for both love and power as each becomes the king's favourite for a time.
Main title:
The sisters of Versailles : a novel / Sally Christie.
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Imprint:
New York : Atria Books, 2016.New York : Atria Books, 2016.
Collation:
432 pages ; 21 cm.
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ISBN:
9781501102967 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 -- FictionMailly, Louise Julie, comtesse de, 1710-1751 -- FictionVintimille Du Luc, Pauline de Mailly-Nesle, marquise de, 1712-1741 -- FictionChateauroux, Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de, 1717-1744 -- FictionLauraguais, Diane Adelaide de Mailly-Nesle -- FictionFrance -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774 -- FictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
1628275