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1 online resource (1 audio file (15hr., 15 min.)) : digital. |
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Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy ; |
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Christie, Sally.
Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy. Spoken word ;
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Elizabeth Wiley. |
| Summary |
Set against the lavish backdrop of the French Court in the early years of the 18th century, The Sisters of Versailles is the extraordinary tale of the five Nesle sisters-Louise, Pauline, Diane, Hortense, and Marie-Anne-four of whom became mistresses to King Louis XV. Their scandalous story is stranger than fiction but true in every shocking, amusing, and heartbreaking detail. 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 foot-and women-forward. The King's scheming ministers push Louise, the eldest of the aristocratic Nesle sisters, into the arms of the King. Over the following decade, the four sisters-sweet, na |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 -- Fiction.
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Mailly, Louise Julie, comtesse de, 1710-1751 -- Fiction.
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Vintimille Du Luc, Pauline de Mailly-Nesle, marquise de, 1712-1741 -- Fiction.
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Châteauroux, Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de, 1717-1744 -- Fiction.
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France -- Kings and rulers -- Paramours -- Fiction.
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France -- Court and courtiers -- Fiction.
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France -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774 -- Fiction.
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Wiley, Elizabeth, 1962 April 21- narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781494595364 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1494595362 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT11427777 |
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