- EAN13
- 9780748125760
- Éditeur
- Virago
- Date de publication
- 02/12/2010
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- anglais
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The resplendent sex symbol of the splendid century'... The reign of Athenais
de Montespan as principal mistress of Louis XIV corresponds with the most
glorious period of the Grand Siecle. Athenais was 'the true Queen of France',
symbol of a dazzling French culture in the seventeenth century. As a lover,
she risked the disgrace of double adultery to conduct an affair which
scandalized Europe; as a patron she supported many of the leaders of the
cultural renaissance including Moliere and Racine; as a mother she is the
ancestor of most of the royal houses of Europe.
The greatest beauty of her day, Athenais lived her life publicly and
sensationally until accusations of witchcraft forced her from power in the
'Affair of the Poisons', a mystery which remains unsolved. She fascinates not
only because she achieved power at a time when it was denied to most women,
but because she achieved that power through her manipulation of a prescribed
role.
de Montespan as principal mistress of Louis XIV corresponds with the most
glorious period of the Grand Siecle. Athenais was 'the true Queen of France',
symbol of a dazzling French culture in the seventeenth century. As a lover,
she risked the disgrace of double adultery to conduct an affair which
scandalized Europe; as a patron she supported many of the leaders of the
cultural renaissance including Moliere and Racine; as a mother she is the
ancestor of most of the royal houses of Europe.
The greatest beauty of her day, Athenais lived her life publicly and
sensationally until accusations of witchcraft forced her from power in the
'Affair of the Poisons', a mystery which remains unsolved. She fascinates not
only because she achieved power at a time when it was denied to most women,
but because she achieved that power through her manipulation of a prescribed
role.
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