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The enemies of Versailles : a novel

Title
The enemies of Versailles : a novel / Sally Christie.
Author
Christie, Sally, 1971-
Publication
New York : Atria Paperback, 2017.

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Description
399 pages; 21 cm
Summary
  • "In the final installment of Sally Christie's "tantalizing" (New York Daily News) Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer. Jeanne bursts into his life and, as the Comtesse du Barry, quickly becomes his official mistress. "That beastly bourgeois Pompadour was one thing; a common prostitute is quite another kettle of fish." After decades of suffering the King's endless stream of Royal Favorites, the princesses of the Court have reached a breaking point. Horrified that he would bring the lowborn Comtesse du Barry into the hallowed halls of Versailles, Louis XV's daughters, led by the indomitable Madame Adelaide, vow eternal enmity and enlist the young dauphiness Marie Antoinette in their fight against the new mistress. But as tensions rise and the French Revolution draws closer, a prostitute in the palace soon becomes the least of the nobility's concerns. Told in Christie's witty and engaging style, the final book in The Mistresses of Versailles trilogy will delight and entrance fans as it once again brings to life the sumptuous and cruel world of eighteenth century Versailles, and France as it approaches irrevocable change"--
  • Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer.As the Comtesse du Barry, Jeanne quickly becomes his official mistress. After decades of suffering the King's endless stream of Royal Favorites, the princesses of the Court have reached a breaking point. Horrified that he would bring the lowborn Comtesse du Barry into the hallowed halls of Versailles, Louis XV's daughters, led by the indomitable Madame Adelaide, vow eternal enmity and enlist the young dauphiness Marie Antoinette in their fight against the new mistress. But as tensions rise and the French Revolution draws closer, a prostitute in the palace soon becomes the least of the nobility's concerns.
Series Statement
  • The mistresses of versailles trilogy ; [3]
  • Christie, Sally, 1971- Mistresses of Versailles trilogy ; 3.
  • Christie, Sally, 1971- Mistresses of Versailles trilogy ; [3]
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographical fiction.
  • Historical fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • History.
Note
  • Sequel to: The rivals of Versailles.
Call Number
JFD 17-3062
ISBN
  • 9781501103025
  • 1501103024
LCCN
2016032052
OCLC
957077685
Author
Christie, Sally, 1971- author.
Title
The enemies of Versailles : a novel / Sally Christie.
Publisher
New York : Atria Paperback, 2017.
Edition
First Atria paperback edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The mistresses of versailles trilogy ; [3]
Christie, Sally, 1971- Mistresses of Versailles trilogy ; 3.
Christie, Sally, 1971- Mistresses of Versailles trilogy ; [3]
Chronological Term
1715-1774
Other Form:
Online version: Christie, Sally, 1971- author. Enemies of Versailles. First Atria Paperback edition. New York : Atria Paperback, 2017 9781501103049 (DLC) 2016038629
Research Call Number
JFD 17-3062
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