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Touchstone
June 2008
On Sale: June 3, 2008
400 pages
ISBN: 074329887X
EAN: 9780743298872
Hardcover
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Historical
The author of the internationally acclaimed Josephine
Bonaparte trilogy returns with another irresistible
historical novel, this one based on the life of Louise de la
Vallière, who, against all odds, became one of the most
mysterious consorts of France's Louis XIV, the charismatic
Sun King. Set against the magnificent decadence of the
seventeenth-century French court, Mistress of the Sun begins
when an eccentric young Louise falls in love with a wild
white stallion and uses ancient magic to tame him. This one
desperate action of her youth shadows her throughout her
life, changing it in ways she could never imagine.
Unmarriageable, and too poor to join a convent, Louise
enters the court of the Sun King, where the king is
captivated by her. As their love unfolds, Louise bears Louis
four children, is made a duchess, and reigns unrivaled as
his official mistress until dangerous intrigue threatens her
position at court and in Louis's heart. A riveting love
story with a captivating mystery at its heart, Mistress
of the Sun illuminates both the power of true and
perfect love and the rash actions we take to capture and
tame it.
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