Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France

As lovely and charming as she was shrewd and calculating, Athenais de Montespan became the most powerful noblewoman of her day by brilliantly manipulating her forbidden role as mistress of King Louis XIV. With a lively narrative style that reads like fiction, Hilton reveals the woman behind the most dazzling days of the Sun King's reign. photos.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 07/14/2004
ISBN: 9780316778510
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.52w x 0.95d