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To dance with kings

Tells of four women whose fates are bound to the palace and the politics of Versailles.

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  • "Quatre générations de femmes gravitant autour du trône royal français de 1664 à 1792, animent ce gros roman historique dont les principaux épisodes ont lieu à Versailles."
  • "The lives and destinies of four determined women are set against the splendor of the sumptuous Palace of Vrsailles through the reigns of France's most spectacular Bourbon kings."
  • "Tells of four women whose fates are bound to the palace and the politics of Versailles."
  • "Tells of four women whose fates are bound to the palace and the politics of Versailles."@en
  • "On a May morning in 1664, in the small village of Versailles, as hundreds of young aristocrats are coming to pay court to King Louis XIV, a peasant fan-maker gives birth to her first and only child, Marguerite. Determined to give her daughter a better life than the one she herself has lived, the young mother vows to break the newborn's bonds of poverty and ensure that she fulfills her destiny--to dance with kings. Purely by chance, a drunken nobleman witnesses the birth and makes a reckless promise to return for Marguerite in seventeen years. With those fateful words, events are set into motion that will span three monarchies, affecting the lives of four generations of women. Marguerite becomes part of the royal court of the Sun King, but her fairy-tale existence is torn out from under her by a change of political winds. Jasmin, Marguerite's daughter, is born to the life of privilege her grandmother dreamed of, but tempts fate by daring to catch the eye of the king. Violette, Marguerite's granddaughter, is drawn to the nefarious side of life among the nobles at Versailles. And Rose, Violette's daughter, becomes a lady-in-waiting and confidante to Marie Antoinette. Through Rose, a love lost generations before will come full circle, even as the ground beneath Versailles begins to rumble with the chaos of the coming revolution. An epic generational tale of loves lost, promises kept, dreams broken, and monarchies shattered, To Dance with Kings From the Trade Paperback edition."
  • "Laker's paean to Versailles is the story of several generations of two families: the French royal family from the reign of the Sun King through Louis XVI, and that of a fan maker from the nearby village."@en

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
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  • "Aux marches du palais : roman"
  • "To dance with kings"@en
  • "To dance with kings"
  • "To dance with kings a novel"
  • "Na bal so kralot"
  • "To dance with kings : a novel of Versailles"@en
  • "To dance with kings : a novel"@en
  • "To dance with kings : a novel"
  • "To Dance with Kings"@en
  • "Aux marches du palais"
  • "Kuningas kutsuu tanssiin"@fi
  • "To dance with Kings"

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