Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans - a cousin to Louis XIV and known in her time and to posterity as la Grande Mademoiselle - is still remembered in France today for her unconventional life and heroic deeds. Her Memoires, first published in 1718 and initially suppressed in France, remains a major source of information on the period's political and social events as well as a page-turning melodrama of court intrigue. Mademoiselle also left behind a number of other works - literary portraits of the prominent personalities of her day, ...
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Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans - a cousin to Louis XIV and known in her time and to posterity as la Grande Mademoiselle - is still remembered in France today for her unconventional life and heroic deeds. Her Memoires, first published in 1718 and initially suppressed in France, remains a major source of information on the period's political and social events as well as a page-turning melodrama of court intrigue. Mademoiselle also left behind a number of other works - literary portraits of the prominent personalities of her day, letters, satirical short stories, and two essays on religion - which, together with her memoirs, stand as an unusual achievement for any 17th-century woman, let alone one so high-born and wealthy.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 9780801864667.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked in full cloth binding. 367pp. In a very nice jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
