{"product_id":"letters-from-spain-80-marie-gigault-de-bellefonds-9781649590107","title":"Letters from Spain: A Seventeenth-Century French Noblewoman at the Spanish Royal Court Volume 80","description":"Marie Gigault de Bellefonds, Marquise de Villars was a well-regarded figure in Parisian salons and esteemed by King Louis XIV, and she traveled internationally to accompany her ambassador husband, playing significant diplomatic roles at the court of Savoy in Turin and at the court of Spain in Madrid. She became the confidante of the queen of Spain, Marie-Louise d'Orl ans, the niece of Louis XIV, and, as instructed by the king of France, endeavored to pursue French political interests in Madrid with female members of royalty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume includes her surviving letters from Madrid to her friend Madame de Coulanges and an appendix of her letters sent from Paris and Turin. The letters from Spain, written between 1679 and 1681, paint a vivid and engaging picture of the royal court and its new queen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie Gigault de Bellefonds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1649590105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781649590107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Iter Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Marie Gigault de Bellefonds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042525737215,"sku":"9781649590107","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3fc644d9-216d-423e-9c39-a0184cea945f.jpg?v=1684962040","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-from-spain-80-marie-gigault-de-bellefonds-9781649590107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}