The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon by Buckley, Veronica

The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312430054)

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The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon by Buckley, Veronica

The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon

$26.00
The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon by Buckley, Veronica

The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon

$26.00
Format: Paperback
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Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, was born in a French prison in 1635, her father a condemned traitor and murderer, her mother the warden's seduced daughter. 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.

Sparkling with irresistible wit, fine detail, and novelistic sweep, this exactingly researched biography is a pinnacle of the form.

Author: Veronica Buckley
ISBN-10: 0312430051
ISBN-13: 9780312430054
Publisher: Picador USA
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2010
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 10/17/2010 pg. 28
By Veronica Buckley
By Veronica Buckley
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Veronica Buckley was born and educated in New Zealand, and later studied at the Universities of London and Oxford. Christina, Queen of Sweden, was the subject of her much-praised first biography. She lived in Paris while researching The Secret Wife of Louis XIV, and now lives in Vienna.

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