A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King
Subtitle: Letters of Liselotte von der Pfalz, Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d' Orléans, 1652-1722
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 16, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780801856358
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Rank & titles; History: World; France - History; History; Biography / Autobiography; France; Women; Europe - General; Historical - General; History / Europe / General; Europe - France
First sentence: I believe that the histories which will be written about this court after we are gone will be better and more entertaining than any novel, and I am afraid that those who come after us will not be able to believe them and will think that they are just fairytales.