Louise De Keroualle

Download or read book Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, 1649-1734 written by Henri Forneron and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Charles the Second's French Mistress written by Bryan Bevan and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1972 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, 1649-1734 written by and published by London 1887.. This book was released on 1887 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, 1649-1734: Society in the Court of Charles II. written by Henri Forneron and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The French Mistress written by Susan Holloway Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The King's Favorite-a new novel based on a dazzling and decadent true story of Restoration England. The daughter of a poor nobleman, Louise leaves the French countryside for the court of King Louis XIV, where she must not only please the tastes of the jaded king, but serve as a spy for France. With few friends, many rivals, and ever-shifting loyalties, Louise learns the perils of her new role. Yet she is too ambitious to be a pawn in the intrigues of others. With the promise of riches, power, and even the love of a king, Louise creates her own destiny in a dance of intrigue between two monarchs-and two countries.

Download or read book Mistresses written by Linda Porter and published by Picador. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was 'addicted to women', and throughout his long reign a great many succumbed to his charms. Clever, urbane and handsome, Charles presided over a hedonistic court, in which licence and licentiousness prevailed.Mistresses is the story of the women who shared Charles's bed, each of whom wielded influence on both the politics and cultural life of the country. From the young king-in-exile's first mistress and mother to his first child, Lucy Walter, to the promiscuous and ill-tempered courtier, Barbara Villiers. From Frances Teresa Stuart, 'the prettiest girl in the world' to history's most famous orange-seller, 'pretty, witty' Nell Gwynn and to her fellow-actress, Moll Davis, who bore the last of the king's fifteen illegitimate children. From Louise de Kéroualle, the French aristocrat - and spy for Louis XIV - to the sexually ambiguous Hortense Mancini. Here, too, is the forlorn and humiliated Queen Catherine, the Portuguese princess who was Charles's childless queen. Drawing on a wide variety of original sources, including material in private archives, Linda Porter paints a vivid picture of these women and of Restoration England, an era that was both glamorous and sordid.

Download or read book The Court of Charles II, 1649-1734 written by Henri Forneron and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: