Queen of Versailles : Madame de Maintenon, first lady of Louis XIV's France /
"The rise to power of Francoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719), a queen in all but name, was nothing short of extraordinary. Born into poverty and ignominy, she used her intellect, charisma, and connections to join the ranks of fashionable society, eventually establishing her...
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2020.
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