The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon
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Special thanks are owing to my dear sisters, Anne Buckley and Bernadette Cantin-Buckley, for reading the manuscript.
Finally, I would like to thank my editor, Courtney Hodell, and my agent, Victoria Hobbs, sine qua non.
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Copyright © 2008 by Veronica Buckley
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Originally published in 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing, Great Britain, as Madame de Maintenon: The Secret Wife of Louis XIV
Published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Buckley, Veronica.
The secret wife of Louis XIV: Françoise d’Aubigné, madame de Maintenon / Veronica
Buckley.—1st American ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-0-374-15830-9
1. Maintenon, Madame de, 1635–1719. 2. Favorites, Royal—France—Biography. 3. France—Kings and rulers—Paramours—Biography. 4. Louis XIV, King of France, 1638–1715—Relations with women. 5. France—Court and courtiers—History. 6. France—History—Louis XIV, 1643–1715. I. Title.
DC130.M2B9 2009
944'.033092—dc22
2008016210
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
List of Illustrations
The Bourbon Family Tree
The d’Aubigné Family Tree
Part One
Prologue
ONE: Doubtful Origins
TWO: America!
THREE: Terra Infirma
FOUR: Burlesque
FIVE: Marriage of True Minds
SIX: End of the Beginning
SEVEN: The Merry Widow
EIGHT: City of Light
NINE: Duty Calls
TEN: L’Arrivée
ELEVEN: The Course of True Loves
TWELVE: The Poisons Affair
Part Two
THIRTEEN: Madame de Maintenant
FOURTEEN: Uncrowned Queen
FIFTEEN: La Vie en Rose
SIXTEEN: La Vie en Bleu
SEVENTEEN: Crusaders
EIGHTEEN: Castles in Spain
NINETEEN: All Passion Spent
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Also by Veronica Buckley
Acknowledgments
Copyright