The Enemies of Versailles: A Novel (The Mistresses of

The Enemies of Versailles: A Novel (The Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy)

In the final installment of Sally Christieâ€™s â€œtantalizingâ€ (New York Daily News) Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer. Jeanne bursts into his life and, as the Comtesse du Barry, quickly becomes his official mistress.

â€œThat beastly bourgeois Pompadour was one thing; a common prostitute is quite another kettle of fish.â€

After decades of suffering the King's endless stream of Royal Favorites, the princesses of the Court have reached a breaking point. Horrified that he would bring the lowborn Comtesse du Barry into the hallowed halls of Versailles, Louis XVâ€™s daughters, led by the indomitable Madame Adelaide, vow eternal enmity and enlist the dauphine Marie Antoinette in their fight against the new mistress. But as tensions rise and the French Revolution draws closer, a prostitute in the palace soon becomes the least of the nobilityâ€™s concerns.

Told in Christieâ€™s witty and engaging style, the final book in The Mistresses of Versailles trilogy will delight and entrance fans as it once again brings to life the sumptuous and cruel world of eighteenth century Versailles, and France as it approaches irrevocable change.
Country USA
Brand Atria Books
Manufacturer Atria
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781501103025
ReleaseDate 2017-03-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501103025

Country	USA
Brand	Atria Books
Manufacturer	Atria
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781501103025
ReleaseDate	2017-03-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501103025

The Enemies of Versailles: A Novel (The Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy)