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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.     Subjects     Mancini, Maria, 1639-1715?     Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699.     Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715     Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Relations with women     Mistresses -- France -- Biography.     Women -- Europe -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.     Sisters -- France -- Biography.     France -- Court and courtiers -- Social life and customs.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.       by title:      The kings' mistresse...       by call number:      944.033 G624k     Search the Web     Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.     Mancini, Maria, 1639-1715?     Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699.     Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715     Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Relations with women     Mistresses -- France -- Biography.     Women -- Europe -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.     Sisters -- France -- Biography.     France -- Court and courtiers -- Social life and customs.       MARC Display

The kings' mistresses : the liberated lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and her sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin / Elizabeth C. Goldsmith. by Goldsmith, Elizabeth C. PublicAffairs, c2012. Call #: 944.033 G624k Subjects Mancini, Maria, 1639-1715?   Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699.   Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715   Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Relations with women   Mistresses -- France -- Biography.   Women -- Europe -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.   Sisters -- France -- Biography.   France -- Court and courtiers -- Social life and customs. ISBN:  9781586488895 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1586488899 (hardcover : alk. paper) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xix, 256 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) and index. Contents:  Historical prologue -- The cardinal's nieces at the court of France -- The Duchess Mazarin -- Marie's Rome -- A runaway duchess -- On the road -- Savoy and beyond -- Hortense's London -- Madrid -- Divorce -- "Dust and ashes". Summary:  "The Mancini sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France at Versailles, and strategically married off by their uncle, Cardinal Mazarin, to secure his political power base. Such was the life of many young woman of the age: they had no independent status under the law, and were entirely a part of their husband's property once married. Marie and Hortense, however, had another lifestyle in mind altogether. Abandoning their husbands, they took to the road, using the brand new post coach service to ferry them across Europe. Hortense was a famous gambler, the women often dressed and passed as men, and their scandalous behavior became a sensation. Elizabeth Goldsmith has written a vibrant biography of two pioneering free spirits, feminists long before the term existed, who refused to be constrained by the morals, mores, and hypocrisies of their age."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 944.033 G624k Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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