Full name: Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France

Author: Lisa Hilton Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Non Fiction Culture: France Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780316778510 9780316084901 0316778516 0316084905

In her superb new biography, Hilton chronicles the life of this extraordinary woman, known as "the real Queen of France," who reigned as official mistress to Louis XIV during the most glorious period of "the splendid century." Similar books: Love and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser The Sun King by Nancy Mitford Catherine de Medici by Leonie Frieda The Affair of the Poisons by Anne Somerset Madame du Barry by Joan Haslip The Black Count by Tom Reiss Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser The Reign Of Napoleon Bonaparte by Robert Asprey Ambition and Desire by Kate Williams Madame de Pompadour by Evelyne Lever Marie Antoinette by Evelyne Lever The Rival Queens by Nancy Goldstone To the Scaffold by Carolly Erickson Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte by Robert Asprey The Horror of Love by Lisa Hilton Paris Without End by Gioia Diliberto Versailles by Tony Spawforth Victor Hugo by Graham Robb Napoleon and Wellington by Andrew Roberts