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Title Statement | The shadow queen / Sandra Gulland. |
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Author | Gulland, Sandra |
Publication | Toronto: HarperCollins, c2014. |
Edition | 1st Canadian ed. |
Extent of Item | 321 p. |
ISBN | 1554687810 (pbk.) 9781554687817 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 2512656 |
General Notes | Inspired by the true story of Claudette des Oeillets, the personal maid of Athenais de Montespan, the mistress of the French King, Louis XIV. Claudette was the daughter of two actors and lived a very poor life until she was hired by Athenais to become that lady's personal maid. Athenais, a beautiful but tempestuous woman, married a nobleman and became a marquise. After the marquis is exiled, Ahtenais remains at court and becomes the king's mistress. Claudette remains faithfully at Athenais side while Athenais wields more power and makes enemies. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Mistresses--Fiction |
Courts and courtiers--Fiction | |
By Name | Louis1638-1715 |
Montespan,1641-1707 | |
By Location | France--Fiction--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715 |
By Genre | Historical fiction |
Biographical fiction |