Veronica Buckley: The Secret Wife of Louis XIV, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Veronica Buckley

The Secret Wife of Louis XIV

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Francoise D'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon

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Verlag:: St. Martins Press-3PL, 08/2010
Einband:: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
Sprache:: Englisch
ISBN-13:: 9780312430054
Artikelnummer:: 2519641
Umfang:: 546 Seiten
Gewicht:: 626 g
Maße:: 216 x 140 mm
Stärke:: 29 mm
Erscheinungstermin:: 31.8.2010
Hinweis: Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!

Klappentext

Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, was born in a French prison in 1635, her father a condemned traitor and murderer, her mother the warden's seduced daughter. Yet, armed with beauty, intellect, and shrewd judgment, she was to make her way to the center of power at Versailles, the most opulent and ambitious court in all Europe.

Sparkling with irresistible wit, fine detail, and novelistic sweep, this exactingly researched biography is a pinnacle of the form.

Biografie

Veronica Buckley, born 1956, is a writer and biographer. She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 1979 she graduated from the University of Canterbury with first class honours in French with philosophy, and was awarded a postgraduate scholarship in cultural and social history at the University of London. Before embarking on her writing career she worked as a musician, and as a technical writer and information management specialist in the IT industry.