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Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.
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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.
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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.
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The kings' mistresses : the liberated lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and her sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin / Elizabeth C. Goldsmith.
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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.
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