This work presents the extraordinary story of Francoise d'Aubigne, who managed to make her way from grimmest poverty to the delicate position of becoming Louis XVI's secret wife and uncrowned queen.
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This work presents the extraordinary story of Francoise d'Aubigne, who managed to make her way from grimmest poverty to the delicate position of becoming Louis XVI's secret wife and uncrowned queen.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Type: Ex-Library First US Printig. Hardcover Ex-Lib Book and Dust jacket in Good Condition. 16 pages of historical reproductions on coated paper. The acclaimed biographer Veronica Buckley traces the extraordinary story of Francoise's progress from pauper child to salonniere to the compromised position of Louis's secret wife and uncrowned queen. It paints a portrait of Europe in an age of violent change. Except for minimal lib markings, Book and Jacket are in Near Fine Condition with no specific defects. Jacket has tag; the top edge has lib stamp, the ffep has stamp and bar code. No pocket, no other lib marks. Binding is deep dark orange, very clean, gilt titles, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals are as new. 498 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2009.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 498 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. An attractive, fine copy in a fine, mylar protected DJ. 1st edition; Illustrated; 8vo., 498 pages.
