Book description
Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser
brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun
King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's
mistresses, principally Louise de La Vallière, Athénaïs de Montespan,
and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon, but also the wider story of his
relationships with women in general, including his mother Anne of
Austria, his two sisters-in-law who were Duchesses d'Orléans in
succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate
daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson.
Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works
which have been international bestsellers. She was awarded the Norton
Medicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000 and was made DBE in
2011 for her services to literature.
