Love and Louis XIV

Synopsis of Love and Louis XIV

«Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King» is Antonia Fraser's biography, published by Orion in hardcover (416 pages, in English).

Antonia Fraser paints a portrait of Louis XIV through the women around him: his mother Anne of Austria, his wife Maria Theresa, his mistresses Louise de La Vallière and Madame de Montespan, and Madame de Maintenon. She describes the splendor and scandals of the court of Versailles, with its rituals, intrigues, and the religious and daily life of its ladies.

First edition published in 2006; includes bibliographical references (pp. 332-355) and index.

A work for those who enjoy French history, royalty, and seventeenth-century biographies.