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: October 1, 1984
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780801831591
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Women's studies; duchesse d',; History Of Women (General); History - General History; Princesses; Biography/Autobiography; Orlâeans, Charlotte-Elisabeth,; Louis XIV, 1643-1715; History / Europe / General; Orleans, Charlotte-Elisabeth; Correspondence; 1652-1722; France; History; Orleans, Charlotte-Elisabeth,
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.