| Record Number |
749159 |
| ISBN |
9780753822937 (paperback) |
| 0753822938 (paperback) |
| Author |
Fraser, Antonia, 1932- author. |
| Title |
Love and Louis XIV : the women in the life of the Sun King / Antonia Fraser. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Phoenix, 2007. |
| Pagination etc. |
xxxiv, 470 pages, [32] pages of plates : colour illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm. |
| Contents note |
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary Note |
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 Valliere, Athenais 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'Orleans in succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson. |
| Subject - Name |
Louis -- XIV,King of France,1638-1715 -- Relations with women |
| Subject |
France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography |
| France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715 |
| Shelf Location |
944.033 LOUI |
