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Madame De Sevigne And Her Children At The Court Of Versailles
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Book Synopsis Madame de Sévigné and Her Children at the Court of Versailles by : Le Bibliophile Jacob
Download or read book Madame de Sévigné and Her Children at the Court of Versailles written by Le Bibliophile Jacob and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1882, this delightful children's story by le Bibliophile Jacob (Paul Lacroix) is presented for the first time in English. Along with the original illustrations, this volume contains biographies and portraits of all the historical figures mentioned in Jacob's exciting fictional adventure.
Book Synopsis The Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter the Countess de Grignan by : Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné
Download or read book The Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter the Countess de Grignan written by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Court of Louis XIV by : Imbert de Saint-Amand
Download or read book Court of Louis XIV written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Secret Wife of Louis XIV by : Veronica Buckley
Download or read book The Secret Wife of Louis XIV written by Veronica Buckley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon and secret wife of the Sun King, Louis XIV, was born in a bleak French prison in 1635, her father a condemned traitor and murderer, her mother the warden’s seduced daughter. A timely pardon and a hopeful Caribbean colonial venture failed to mend the family’s fortunes, and Françoise was reduced to begging in the streets. Yet, armed with beauty, intellect, and shrewd judgment, she was to make her way to the center of power at Versailles, the most opulent and ambitious court in all Europe. At fifteen, she was married off to the forty-two-year-old satirical poet Paul Scarron, a former roué now grievously deformed by rheumatism—“a sort of human Z,” as he described himself. Despite his ailments, Scarron presided over the liveliest and most scandalous literary salon in Paris, and Françoise quickly became its most prized ornament. After Scarron’s death, she enjoyed a merry widowhood in the fashionable Marais district, in the company of the courtesan Ninon de Lenclos and the King’s splendid mistress, Athénaïs de Montespan, who made the young widow governess to her brood of illegitimate children. The appointment transformed Françoise’s life, but was fatal to the temperamental Athénaïs herself, with the King soon turning his attentions to the graceful governess. Françoise was raised to the nobility as Madame de Maintenon—and, unofficially, “Madame de Maintenant,” the lady of the moment. The acclaimed biographer Veronica Buckley traces the extraordinary story of Françoise’s progress from pauper child to salonnière to the compromised position of Louis’s secret wife and uncrowned Queen. An absolute ruler, Louis turned away his many other mistresses to live with Françoise only, trusting her as his closest confidante and remaining in love with her for forty years. Sparkling with the irresistible wit of contemporary chroniclers such as Madame de Sévigné, this exactingly researched biography is a pinnacle of the form. In vibrant colors, The Secret Wife of Louis XIV paints a portrait of Europe in an age of violent change, and the Sun King’s France in the process of becoming its modern self.
Book Synopsis Women of Versailles by : Imbert de Saint-Amand
Download or read book Women of Versailles written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Madame de Sévigné by : Henriette Consuelo Samsom Puliga (contessa di.)
Download or read book Madame de Sévigné written by Henriette Consuelo Samsom Puliga (contessa di.) and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter the Countess de Grignan by : Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné (marquise de).)
Download or read book The Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter the Countess de Grignan written by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné (marquise de).) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Letters from the Marchioness de Sévigné to Her Daughter the Countess de Grignan by : Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné
Download or read book Letters from the Marchioness de Sévigné to Her Daughter the Countess de Grignan written by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Selection from the Letters of Madame de Sévigné and Her Contempories by : Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné
Download or read book A Selection from the Letters of Madame de Sévigné and Her Contempories written by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame de Sévigné written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Book Synopsis Love and Louis XIV by : Antonia Fraser
Download or read book Love and Louis XIV written by Antonia Fraser and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-25 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The superb historian and biographer Antonia Fraser, author of Marie Antoinette, casts new light on the splendor and the scandals of the reign of Louis XIV in this dramatic, illuminating look at the women in his life. The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in seventeenth-century Europe. Now, Antonia Fraser goes behind the well-known tales of Louis’s accomplishments and follies, exploring in riveting detail his intimate relationships with women. The king’s mother, Anne of Austria, had been in a childless marriage for twenty-two years before she gave birth to Louis XIV. A devout Catholic, she instilled in her son a strong sense of piety and fought successfully for his right to absolute power. In 1660, Louis married his first cousin, Marie-Thérèse, in a political arrangement. While unfailingly kind to the official Queen of Versailles, Louis sought others to satisfy his romantic and sexual desires. After a flirtation with his sister-in-law, his first important mistress was Louise de La Vallière, who bore him several children before being replaced by the tempestuous and brilliant Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Later, when Athénaïs’s reputation was tarnished, the King continued to support her publicly as Athénaïs left court for a life of repentance. Meanwhile her children’s governess, the intelligent and seemingly puritanical Françoise de Maintenon, had already won the King’s affections; in a relationship in complete contrast to his physical obsession with Athénaïs, Louis XIV lived happily with Madame de Maintenon for the rest of his life, very probably marrying her in secret. When his grandson’s child bride, the enchanting Adelaide of Savoy, came to Versaille she lightened the King’s last years – until tragedy struck. With consummate skill, Antonia Fraser weaves insights into the nature of women’s religious lives – as well as such practical matters as contraception – into her magnificent, sweeping portrait of the king, his court, and his ladies.
Book Synopsis Letters from the Marchioness de Sevigne to Her Daughter the Countess de Grignan by : Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné
Download or read book Letters from the Marchioness de Sevigne to Her Daughter the Countess de Grignan written by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lives of the Most Eminent Liberary and Scientific Men of France, 2 by :
Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Liberary and Scientific Men of France, 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Short History of Europe, 1600-1815 by : Lisa Rosner
Download or read book A Short History of Europe, 1600-1815 written by Lisa Rosner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise survey that introduces readers to the people, ideas, and conflicts in European history from the Thirty Years' War to the Napoleonic Era. The authors draw on gender studies, environmental history, anthropology and cultural history to frame the essential argument of the work.
Book Synopsis The Letters of Madame de Sévigné to Her Daughter the Countess de Grignan by : Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné
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Book Synopsis Portraits of women by : Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Download or read book Portraits of women written by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
