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
$24.99Format
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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.
