02115cam a2200325u 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028010001500069020003500084040001800119042000800137043001200145050002400157082002400181100002500205245009300230250001700323260004200340300003200382504005100414520095000465600004301415600009301458650004201551650004901593650005101642651004401693651005201737MeVbMML20250624112213.0ta110216s2002 maua b 001 0beng a2002073078 a0316084905 (alk. paper)c26.95 aDLCcDLCdAJM apcc ae-fr---00aDC130.M78bH57 200200a944/.033/092aB2211 aHilton, Lisa,d1974-10aAthňas̐ :bthe life of Louis XIV's mistress, the real queen of France /cLisa Hilton. a1st U.S. ed. aBoston :bLittle, Brown & Co.,c2002. ax, 358 p. :bill. ;c25 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references and index. aAs lovely and charming as she was shrewd and calculating, Athénaïs de Montespan became the most powerful noblewoman of her day by brilliantly manipulating her forbidden role as mistress of King Louis XIV. With a lively narrative style that reads like fiction, Lisa Hilton reveals the woman behind the most dazzling days of the Sun King's reign. As a lover, Athénaïs risked the disgrace of adultery to conduct an affair that scandalized Europe. As a patron, she supported the leaders of the cultural renaissance. As a mother, she was the ancestor of most of the royal houses of Europe. The greatest beauty of her day, she lived publicly and sensationally until bizarre accusations of witchcraft forced her from grace in the "Affair of the Poisons," a mystery that remains unsolved. Athénaïs is an informative look at a true age of extremes and a woman who achieved the heights of power at a time when it was denied to most of her sex 00aLouis, XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.10aMontespan, Franȯise-Athňas̐ de Rochechouart de Mortemart ,cmarquise de, 1641-1707. aFrance Court and CourtiersvBiography aFrance Kings and Rulers ParamoursvBiography aLouis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715vBiogaphy 0aFrancexCourt and courtiersvBiography. 0aFrancexKings and rulersxParamoursvBiography.