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Author: Sergeanne Golon. But there was one he had not yet possessedβand she was the one woman he wanted. She knew she must find ways to keep the King's passion for her aflame! Here is the tremendous novel of seventeenth-century Versailles, the most fascinating period in French history. It contains the complete text of the original hard-cover edition.
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Marca Registrada. Bantam Books, Inc. The following is a list of the principal characters. Those marked with an asterisk are known more or less prominently to history, but memoirs of the period indicate that almost every person mentioned here in connection with the Court of Louis XIV actually existed, as did the events and politics. Joffrey was condemned to death at the stake by Louis XIV on a trumped-up charge of sorcery. Later, under the name of Madame de Morens, she opened a chocolate shop with David Chaillou whereby she made a great deal of money which she invested shrewdly and became extremely rich, and friendly with literary Parisian society.
Having been in love with her cousin Philippe since they were both children, she more or less blackmailed him into marrying her, thus gaining a position in the high nobility of the realm of France. Baktiari Bey. The ambassador to France of the Shah of Persia. Louis XIV's confidential valet. One of the most famous preachers of all time.
