The Enemies of Versailles: A Novel (The Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy, #3)

by Sally Christie

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In the final instalment of Sally Christie’s Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer. Jeanne bursts into his life and, as the Comtesse du Barry, quickly becomes his official mistress.
    After decades of suffering the King's endless stream of Royal Favourites, the princesses of the Court have reached a breaking point. Horrified that he would bring the lowborn Comtesse du Barry into...Read more
  • ISBN10 1501103024
  • ISBN13 9781501103025
  • Publish Date 20 April 2017 (first published 21 March 2017)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 5 April 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Atria Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 416
  • Language English