Love and Louis XIV
The Women in the Life of the Sun King
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Love and Louis XIV
Narrated by:
Julia Franklin
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Narrated by:
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Julia Franklin
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Antonia Fraser
Summary
Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's mistresses, principally Louise de La Vallière, Athénaïs de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon, but also the wider story of his relationships with women in general, including his mother Anne of Austria, his two sisters-in-law who were Duchesses d'Orléans in succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson.
© Antonia Fraser; (P) Clipper Audio
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Critic Reviews
"Prolific royal biographer Fraser ( Marie Antoinette) has assiduously researched her measured yet engrossing study, shedding welcome light on the galaxy of influential women who orbited the dazzling Sun King." ( Publishers Weekly)
"With vivid wit, Fraser demonstrates that within the edifice of the monarchy there were deep crannies of ordinary affection." ( The New Yorker)
"With vivid wit, Fraser demonstrates that within the edifice of the monarchy there were deep crannies of ordinary affection." ( The New Yorker)
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