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050	0	0	_aDC130.M78 _bH57 2002
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100	1		_aHilton, Lisa, _d1974- _920266
245	1	0	_aAthňas̐ : _bthe life of Louis XIV's mistress, the real queen of France / _cLisa Hilton.
250			_a1st U.S. ed.
260			_aBoston : _bLittle, Brown & Co., _c2002.
300			_ax, 358 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_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
600	0	0	_aLouis, XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. _920267
600	1	0	_aMontespan, Franȯise-Athňas̐ de Rochechouart de Mortemart , _cmarquise de, 1641-1707. _920268
650			_aFrance Court and Courtiers _vBiography _920269
650			_aFrance Kings and Rulers Paramours _vBiography _920270
650			_aLouis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 _vBiogaphy _920271
651		0	_aFrance _xCourt and courtiers _vBiography. _920272
651		0	_aFrance _xKings and rulers _xParamours _vBiography. _920273
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