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The Sisters of Versailles (Mistresses of Versailles, Bk 1)
The Sisters of Versailles - Mistresses of Versailles, Bk 1 Author:Sally Christie Goodness, but sisters are a thing to fear. — Court intriguers are beginning to sense that young King Louis XV, after seven years of marriage, is tiring of his Polish wife. The race is on to find a mistress for the royal bed as various factions put their best feet -- and women -- forward. — The King’s scheming ministers push sweet, ... more »naïve Louise, the eldest of the aristocratic Nesle sisters, into the arms of the King. Over the following decade, she and three of her younger sisters -- ambitious Pauline; complacent Diane, and cunning Marie Anne -- will conspire, betray, suffer, and triumph in a desperate fight for both love and power as each becomes the king’s favorite for a time.
Based on meticulous research on a group of women never before written about in English, Sally Christie’s stunning debut is a complex exploration of power and sisterhood -- of the admiration, competition, and even hatred that can coexist within a family when the stakes are high enough.« less
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