Bibliograph

The rivals of Versailles, a novel, Sally Christie

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The rivals of Versailles, a novel, Sally Christie

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The rivals of Versailles

Oclc number

929331920

Responsibility statement

Sally Christie

Series statement

The mistresses of Versailles trilogy

Sub title

a novel

Summary

1745. Marie-Anne, the youngest of the infamous Nesle sisters and King Louis XV's most beloved mistress, is gone, making room for the next Royal Favorite. Enter Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, a stunningly beautiful girl from the middle classes. Connections, luck, and a little scheming paved her way to Versailles and into the King's arms-- but conniving politicians and hopeful beauties seek to replace the bourgeois interloper with a more suitable mistress. As Jeanne, now the Marquise de Pompadour, takes on her many rivals, she helps the king give himself over to a life of luxury and depravity. Around them, war rages, discontent grows, and France inches ever closer to the Revolution

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