The secret wife of Louis XIV, Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon, Veronica Buckley
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Label
The secret wife of Louis XIV, Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon, Veronica Buckley
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The secret wife of Louis XIV
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
216941699
Responsibility statement
Veronica Buckley
Sub title
Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon
Summary
This work presents the extraordinary story of Francoise d'Aubigne, who managed to make her way from grimmest poverty to the delicate position of becoming Louis XVI's secret wife and uncrowned queen
Table Of Contents
pt. 1: Doubtful Origins -- America! -- Terra Infirma -- Burlesque -- Marriage of True Minds -- End of the Beginning -- The Merry Widow -- City of Light -- Duty Calls -- L'Arrivee -- The Course of True Loves -- The Poisons Affair -- pt. 2: Madame de Maintenant -- Uncrowned Queen -- La Vie en Rose -- La Vie en Bleu -- Crusaders -- Castles in Spain -- All Passion Spent
resource.variantTitle
Madame de Maintenon : the secret wife of Louis XIV