num_pages: 384
description: Versailles 1686: Julie d'Aubigny a striking young girl taught to fence and fight in the court of the Sun King is taken as mistress by the King's Master of Horse. Tempestuous swashbuckling and volatile within two years she has run away with her fencing master fallen in love with a nun and is hiding from the authorities sentenced to be burnt at the stake. Within another year she has become Mademoiselle de Maupin a beloved star at the famed Paris Opra. Her lovers include some of Europe's most powerful men and France's most beautiful women. Yet Julie is destined to die alone in a convent at the age of 33. Based on an extraordinary true story this is an original dazzling and witty novel - a compelling portrait of an unforgettable woman. For all those readers who love Sarah Dunant Sarah Waters and Hilary Mantel.
language: English
title: Goddess
publisher: Fourth Estate (HarperCollins)