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The Hurlyburly's Husband [electronic resource]

Jean Teulé2025
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The Marquis de Montespan and his new wife, Athénaïs, are that very rare thing: a true love-match. But love is not enough to maintain their hedonistic lifestyle, and the couple soon face huge debts. Then Madame de Montespan is offered the chance to turn their fortunes round, by becoming lady-in-waiting to the Queen at Versailles.Too late, Montespan discovers that his ravishing wife has caught the eye of King Louis XIV. Everyone congratulates him on his new status of cuckold by royal appointment, but the Marquis is broken-hearted. He vows to wreak revenge on the King and win back his adored Marquise.At once comic and poignant, Jean Teulé's extraordinary novel restores a ridiculed figure from history to his rightful position of hero: a man who loved his wife and dared challenge the absolute power of the Sun King himself.
Author:
Jean Teulé, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Pushkin Vertigo, 2025
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (258 pages, 2843191.0 Bytes)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781805336341
Language:
English
BRN:
528359
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