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Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Characters; Prologue; March 1661, France; May 1661; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; June 1661; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; July 1661; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; August 1661; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Chapter 39; September 1661 |
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Chapter 40Reading Group Guide; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Back Cover |
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A grand yet intimate look at the Sun King, a tale rich with detail and action.?Library Journal (Starred Review, one of the best historical novels of the year) Before Versailles transports you to a world of secret passions and plots, a world of duplicity and malice ... a world that created one of the best?known monarchs to grace the French throne. At the most decisive time in the young king's life, Louis XIV can taste the danger. His court teems with greed and corruption, the wrong woman draws him into a wrenching love affair, and a mysterious boy in an iron mask haunts the woods. The untried ruler is coming into his own in 1661, and Louis XIV must face what he is willing to sacrifice for honor and for love. Meticulously researched and gorgeously brought to life by New York Times bestselling author Karleen Koen, Before Versailles offers up a sumptuous, authentic exploration of a time that forged a man into a king. Praise for Before Versailles: In this magnificently written and researched novel, Karleen Koen brings to vibrant life the early years and loves of the future Sun King.?Jean M. Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear and the Land of Painted Caves A baroque cornucopia spilling over with intrigue, passion, jealousy, ambition, and rich historical detail, Before Versailles offers a glittering glimpse of the crucial months that shaped Louis XIV into Europe's most powerful monarch.?Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Fiction.
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Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. |
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1643-1715 |
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Kings and rulers. |
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France -- Kings and rulers -- Fiction.
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France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715 -- Fiction.
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France. |
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Electronic books. |
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History.
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Fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781402275920 : $25.99 |
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1402275927 : $25.99 |
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