Monsieur Montespan
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Jean Teulé ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson
Publisher: Gallic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781906040307
Subjects: Fiction; Nobility; History; Court and courtiers; Courts and courtiers
Work titles: Montespan
Description: The Marquis de Montespan and his new wife, Athnas, are a true love-match - a rarity amongst the nobility of seventeenth-century France. But love is not enough to maintain their hedonistic lifestyle, and the couple soon face huge debts.
Notes: Translated from the French.