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The Kings' Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin
by [MANCINI] Goldsmith, Elizabeth C
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1586488899
- ISBN 13
- 9781586488895
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Public Affairs, 2012. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated Book Club Edition but research finds no other printings. Hard cover in fine condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Includes a map of 17th Century Europe and a Genealogical Chart of the Mazzarini and Mancini Families. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped; there is no price. * From the jacket flap, ""The Mancini Sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France, and strategically married off by their uncle, Cardinal Mazarin, to secure his political power base. Such was the life of many young women of the age: they had no independent status under the law and were entirely a part of their husband's property once married. . . . . Marie and Hortense, however, had other ambitions in mind altogether. . . . Elizabeth Goldsmith's vibrant biography of the Mancini sisters - drawn from personal papers of the players involved and the tabloids of the time - illuminates the lives of two pioneering free spirits who were feminists long before the word existed.""
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- Seller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- M001289
- Title
- The Kings' Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin
- Author
- [MANCINI] Goldsmith, Elizabeth C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1586488899
- ISBN 13
- 9781586488895
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Biography, Biography - Women, Maria Mancini - 1639-1715, Hortense Mancini Mazarin - Duchesse de - 1646-1699, Louis XIV - King of France - 1638-1715 - Relations with women
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- Biography;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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