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Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV - Karleen Koen
Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780307716590 (0307716597)
Publisher: Crown
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
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That's What She Read
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0.0 Before Versailles
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it
0.0 Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV
Before one can truly understand the sentiments that brought about the Reign of Terror and the fall of the monarchy in France during the late 1700s, one must go back to the beginning and the behaviors and experiences that set France on its path. In Before Versailles, Karleen Koen takes the reader bac...
misfitandmom
misfitandmom rated it
3.0 Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV
Koen's latest book tackles a short period in the life of a young Louis XIV. Cardinal Mazarin is dead, and Louis is now in control of the government - a government seriously short of cash - although the Superintendent of Finances sure does have a pocketful of it. Louis is newly married to Maria Teres...
A Book and A Review #2
A Book and A Review #2 rated it
3.0 Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV
Very interesting story about a time that I have always been interested in. This book has def. prompted me to take a deeper look into this period of time. Interesting story, but didn't really have a "pop" factor which would have me increase the rating I gave it.
Unabridged Chick
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4.0 Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV
I understand now why Koen has such a devoted following. This deliciously huge novel has a fantastic cast, a fabulous setting, delicious intrigue, romance, and drama. Set during 1661, after Louis' prime minister Cardinal Mazarin died, the novel follows Louise, a lady-in-waiting for the stunning, en...
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