02216cam a2200349u 4500 MeVbMML 20250624112213.0 ta 110216s2002 maua b 001 0beng 2002073078 0316084905 (alk. paper) 26.95 DLC DLC AJM pcc e-fr--- DC130.M78 H57 2002 944/.033/092 B 21 Hilton, Lisa, 1974- 20266 Athňas̐ : the life of Louis XIV's mistress, the real queen of France / Lisa Hilton. 1st U.S. ed. Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 2002. x, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. As 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 Louis, XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. 20267 Montespan, Franȯise-Athňas̐ de Rochechouart de Mortemart , marquise de, 1641-1707. 20268 France Court and Courtiers Biography 20269 France Kings and Rulers Paramours Biography 20270 Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Biogaphy 20271 France Court and courtiers Biography. 20272 France Kings and rulers Paramours Biography. 20273 ddc BOOK 2588 2588 0 0 ABELJ abelj B 2016-10-26 0 B ATHE 18146 2016-10-26 26.95 2016-10-26 BOOK