Love and Louis XIV

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 Valliere, Athenais 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'Orleans in succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson.

“"Vividly capturing 17th-century Europe's most extravagant court.'”

A sparkling history which captures the giddy quality of the times - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

- THE DAILY EXPRESS - Mark Comber

Antonia Fraser's colourful history emphasises the conflict between private pleasure and religious dut in the life of Europe's grandest Catholic ruler. - THE MAIL ON SUNDAY - Simon Shaw

'Fraser brilliantly dissects the intense rivalry of the ladies who indulged in 'commerce' with the king. - THE OBSERVER - Ian Pindar

this enjoyable account. Fraser brings to life the female stars circling the Sun King in an account that successfully combines erudition with gossipy stories of the kind the Versailles courtiers loved so much. - THE SUNDAY TIMES

Louis springs to life as fresh and as fascinating as ever - GOOD BOOK GUIDE

Since 1969, Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers, including MARIE ANTOINETTE.

Antonia Fraser was made CBE in 1999, and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. She is married to the playwright Harold Pinter and lives in London.

Previous titles:

Quiet as a Nun;

Splash of Red;

Tartan Tragedy;

Marie Antoinette (film tie-in);

Love and Louis XIV;

Cromwell, Our Chief of Men;

Gunpowder Plot;

Mary Queen of Scots;

Six Wives of Henry VIII;

Warrior Queens;

King Charles II;

Marie Antoinette;

Lives of the Kings and Queens of England;

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table;

Robin Hood;

Life and Times: James VI Scot;

Weaker Vessel

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 Valliere, Athenais 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'Orleans in succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson.

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