Louise de la Vallière, first official mistress of Louis XIV.
Athénaïs de Montespan, her ‘best friend’ and supplanter…
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The Sun Princess
18 Jul
I was recently very excited about getting a copy of Sun Princess by Sylvia Pell, a novel about the Princesse de Conti, daughter of Louis XIV. I remember reading it when I was a teenager and thinking it was rather ace and so am looking forward to reading it again now! I hope it hasn’t aged badly… :)
The novel is set in the later years of Louis XIV’s reign and focusses on the life of his eldest daughter by Louise de la Vallière, Anne-Marie, Mademoiselle de Blois who was later married to Armand, the Prince de Conti. It turns out that she prefers his much more dashing younger brother, François, who in turn has a thing for her younger sister Louise-Françoise, the daughter of Louis XIV and Athénaïs de Montespan.
Anne-Marie de Bourbon, Princesse de Conti.
Armand de Bourbon, Prince de Conti.
François de Bourbon. Clearly more of a catch than his big brother!
Louise-Françoise de Bourbon.
Tired mummy
18 Jul
If only falling asleep on the sofa with one of my children was EVER as glamorous as this!
Madame Guillotine
"You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair," said Anne reproachfully. "People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is." - Anne of Green Gables.
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