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Louis XIV, the highly-feted Sun King, was renowned for his political and cultural influence and for raising France to a new level of prominence in seventeenth-century Europe. And yet, as Antonia Fraser keenly describes, he was equally legendary in the domestic sphere. Indeed, a panoply of women -- his wife Anne; mistresses such as Louise de la Valli?re, Ath?na?s de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon; and an array of courtesans -- moved in and out of the court. The highly visible presence of these women raises many questions about their position in both Louis XIVs life and in France at large. With careful research and vivid, engaging prose, Fraser makes the multifaceted life of one of the most famous European monarchs accessible and vibrantly current. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Praise for Antonia Frasers LOVE and LOUIS XIV Eminently readable Fraser - photo 1
Praise for Antonia Fraser's
LOVE and LOUIS XIV

Eminently readable. Fraser argues convincingly. [She] makes the romances and scandals of the seventeenth century seem as lively as the latest gossip.

Los Angeles Times

A sort of prequel [to Marie Antoinette]. What makes Fraser's book so compelling is her psychologically astute insights into what motivated these historical figures.

USA Today

Fluent and energetic. Immensely readable.

The Times Literary Supplement (London)

Simply radiant. Luscious. Fraser takes just the right tone in her book: skeptical but still awed.

Pioneer Press (St. Paul)

Fraser's best history so far.

The Guardian (London)

Refreshing Antonia Fraser long ago mastered the art of writing meticulous history so that it reads like an engrossing novel, and her latest offering is no exception.

The Times (London)

LOVE and LOUIS XIV

Antonia Fraser Since 1969 Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical - photo 2

Antonia Fraser

Since 1969 Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical works that have been international bestsellers. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards, including the Wolfson Prize for History, the Saint Louis Literary Award, and the 2000 Norton Medlicott Medal of Britain's Historical Association. Her works include the biographies Mary Queen of Scots, Cromwell, the Lord Protector, and Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration. Four highly praised books focus on women in history: The Weaker Vessel, The Warrior Queens, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and, most recently, Marie Antoinette: The Journey. She is editor of The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England. Antonia Fraser is married to Harold Pinter and lives in London.

Also by Antonia Fraser

NONFICTION

Mary Queen of Scots

Cromwell, the Lord Protector

King James VI of Scotland, I of England

The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England (editor)

Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration

The Weaker Vessel

The Warrior Queens

The Wives of Henry VIII

Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot

Marie Antoinette: The Journey

FICTION

Quiet as a Nun

The Wild Island

A Splash of Red

Cool Repentance

Oxford Blood

Your Royal Hostage

The Cavalier Case

Political Death

Jemima Shore's First Case and Other Stories

Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave and Other Stories

ANTHOLOGIES

Scottish Love Poems
Love Letters

FOR HAROLD nobilis et Nobelius CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The chteau - photo 3

FOR HAROLD
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The chteau of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 17th century French School. chteau
Bussy-le-Grand, Bussy-le-Grand (photo: Giraudon/ Bridgeman Art Library).

Louis XIV aged around twelve years old, 17th century French School.
Chteaux de Versailles et de Trianon ( Photo RMN).

Louis XIV dressed as Apollo for the ballet La Nuit, 1653. Bibliothque nationale
de France, Department of Prints & Photographs.

Equestrian portrait of Anne of Austria, c.1640, attributed to Jean de Saint
Igny. Chteaux de Versailles et de Trianon ( Photo RMN/Grard Blot).

Louis XIV, c.1660, studio of Nicolas Mignard. Muse des Beaux-Arts, Angers
( Clich Muses d'Angers, photo: Pierre David).

Reputation Presenting France with a Portrait of Louis XIV, c.1665, by Louis Elle
Ferdinand II. Muse Antoine Lcuyer, Saint-Quentin (photo: Jean Legrain).

Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orlans, known as the Grande Mademoiselle,
represented as Minerva, c.1672, by Pierre Bourguignon. Chteaux de Versailles
et de Trianon ( Photo RMN/Grard Blot & Christian Jean).

Hortense and Marie Mancini, date unknown, by Jacob Ferdinand Voet.
I.N.P.D.A.I, Rome (photo: Arte Photographica).

The Meeting of Louis XIV and Philippe IV on the le des Faisans, c.1670, by Simon
Renard de Saint-Andr. Chteaux de Versailles et de Trianon ( Photo
RMN/Jean Popovitch).

Anne of Austria, Marie-Thrse and the Dauphin, c.1665, by Charles and
Henri Beaubrun. Muse Bernard d'Agesci, Niort.

Marie-Thrse and the Dauphin Louis de France, 1665, by Pierre Mignard.
Prado, Madrid (photo: Giraudon/ Bridgeman Art Library).

Anne of Austria, date unknown, by Charles Beaubrun. Galleria Sabauda, Turin
(photo: Alinari/ Bridgeman Art Library).

Louis XIV at Maastricht, 1673, by Pierre Mignard. Galleria Sabauda, Turin
(photo: Scala).

Louis XIV Retreating with his Seraglio, 1693, anonymous engraving. The Trustees
of the British Museum, Department of Prints & Drawings.

Louise de La Vallire, date unknown, by Jean Nocret. Chteaux de Versailles
et de Trianon ( Photo RMN/Grard Blot).

Louise de La Vallire as a huntress, 1667, after Claude Lefebvre. Chteaux de
Versailles et de Trianon ( Photo RMN/Grard Blot).

Athnas de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise de Montespan, date
unknown, by Louis Elle Ferdinand II. Collection: Author.

Athnas reclining in front of the gallery of her chteau at Clagny, date
unknown, by Henri Gascard. Private Collection (photo: Giraudon/ Bridgeman
Art Library).

Portrait of Athnas, date unknown, attributed to Pierre Mignard. Muse du
Berry, Bourges (photo: Giraudon/ Bridgeman Art Library).

The Appartement des Bains at Versailles depicted on a fan, c.1680. Victoria &
Albert Musuem, London (photo. V & A Images).

Spottallegorie auf Ludwig XIV, c.1670, by Joseph Werner (photo: courtesy of
Schweizerisches Institut fr Kunstwissenschaft, Zrich).

Marie-Anglique d'Escorailles de Rousille, Duchesse de Fontanges, 1687,
engraving by Nicolas de Larmessin III. Chteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
( Photo RMN/Grard Blot).

Madame de Maintenon, date and artist unknown. Chteau de Chambord (photo:
The Art Archive/Dagli Orti).

Madame de Maintenon with the Duc du Maine and the Comte de Vexin,
date and artist unknown. Chteau de Maintenon (photo: The Art Archive/Dagli
Orti).

Frontispiece to Scarron aparu Madame de Maintenon et les reproches qu'il lui fait
sur ses amours avec Louis le Grand, 1664, by Paul Scarron (courtesy of The British
Library).

Madame de Maintenon with her niece Franoise-Charlotte, c.1688, by Louis
Elle Ferdinand II. Chteaux de Versailles et de Trianon ( Photo RMN/Grard
Blot).

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