The story of Francoise D'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon and mistress and later (possibly) secret morganatic queen to the Sun King. Francoise was an admirable woman, witty and good-hearted. After an impoverished childhood (her father was gently born but flaky, perhaps even a con man), she went to Par...
A very well researched book on Louis XIV's second wife, a non-royal woman named Madame Francoise Scarron. Full of delicious gossip about the Sun-King's court, plenty of little details, this was fun to read -- even with one of the photos inside being all screwed up and wrong. For the full review, ple...
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