Folger
Log in | Sign Up
Want to help improve Miranda? We want to hear from you! Sign up here to share your feedback.

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

ADD TO SHELF REMOVE FROM SHELF
This record does not have media available online.
Creator
Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.
Date
©2012
Location
New York,  New York (State)
United States
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xix, 256 p.
Language
English
Size
25 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 265219
Folger call number: DC130.M3 G65 2012
Folger holdings ID: 350841
Summary
The little-known story of two spirited sisters who flaunted every social convention of 17th century Europe in their determination to live independently
Notes
Edition

1st ed

General notes

Includes bibliographical references 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"

Also known as
Extended title: The kings' mistresses : the liberated lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and her sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin / Elizabeth C. Goldsmith
Subjects
Mancini, Maria, 1639-1715 Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699 Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 France Mistresses Women
Related names
author: Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.
subject: Mancini, Maria, 1639-1715
subject: Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699
subject: Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715