- 17th century France, Louis XIV, court circles
Although a novel, this book has been well researched using historical sources and is the nearest thing we shall ever get to an autobiography of Francoise d'Aubigne, later Marquise de Maintenon the secret wife of Louis XIV.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Françoise Chandernagor
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 691
- Publisher
- Pocket, Pocket (FR)
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- French
- ISBN
- 9782266067874
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