{"product_id":"the-sisters-of-versailles-sally-christie","title":"The Sisters of Versailles - Sally Christie","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"Text Text__title3 Text__italic Text__regular Text__subdued\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/157042-the-mistresses-of-versailles-trilogy\"\u003eThe Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e#1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA sumptuous and sensual tale of power, romance, family, and betrayal centered around four sisters and one King. Carefully researched and ornately detailed, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sisters of Versailles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first book in an exciting new historical fiction trilogy about King Louis XV, France's most \"well-beloved\" monarch, and the women who shared his heart and his bed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodness, but sisters are a thing to fear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet against the lavish backdrop of the French Court in the early years of the 18th century, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sisters of Versailles\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the extraordinary tale of the five Nesle sisters: Louise, Pauline, Diane, Hortense, and Marie-Anne, four of whom became mistresses to King Louis XV. Their scandalous story is stranger than fiction but true in every shocking, amusing, and heartbreaking detail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCourt intriguers are beginning to sense that young King Louis XV, after seven years of marriage, is tiring of his Polish wife. The race is on to find a mistress for the royal bed as various factions put their best foot - and women - forward. The King's scheming ministers push Louise, the eldest of the aristocratic Nesle sisters, into the arms of the King. Over the following decade, the four sisters:sweet, naive Louise; ambitious Pauline; complacent Diane, and cunning Marie Anne, will conspire, betray, suffer, and triumph in a desperate fight for both love and power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the tradition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Other Boleyn Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sisters of Versailles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a clever, intelligent, and absorbing novel that historical fiction fans will devour. Based on meticulous research on a group of women never before written about in English, Sally Christie's stunning debut is a complex exploration of power and sisterhood; of the admiration, competition, and even hatred that can coexist within a family when the stakes are high enough.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSED BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e432 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published September 1, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43306921558110,"sku":"9781501102967","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/25111020.jpg?v=1789090377","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/the-sisters-of-versailles-sally-christie","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}