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The Shadow Queen : a novel

Paris, 1660. As the daughter of itinerant actors, Claudette always thought her future lay in the theater. But a series of chance encounters pulls her into the orbit of Ath̐¿ưna̐¿ưs de Montespan, the mistress to Louis XIV. Impetuous Ath̐¿ưna̐¿ưs wields a disconcerting amount of power--a fact that has ruffled many of the Sun King's key advisors. Needing someone to act as her eyes and ears, Ath̐¿ưna̐¿ưs hires Claudette as a personal attendant...

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  • "Paris, 1660. As the daughter of itinerant actors, Claudette always thought her future lay in the theater. But a series of chance encounters pulls her into the orbit of Ath̐¿ưna̐¿ưs de Montespan, the mistress to Louis XIV. Impetuous Ath̐¿ưna̐¿ưs wields a disconcerting amount of power--a fact that has ruffled many of the Sun King's key advisors. Needing someone to act as her eyes and ears, Ath̐¿ưna̐¿ưs hires Claudette as a personal attendant..."@en
  • "Paris, 1660. As the daughter of itinerant actors, Claudette always thought her future lay in the theater. But a series of chance encounters pulls her into the orbit of Athenais de Montespan, the mistress to Louis XIV. Needing someone to act as her eyes and ears, Athenais hires Claudette as a personal attendant. She fears political enemies are plotting her ruin while young courtesans angle to take the coveted spot in the king's bed."@en
  • "Pulled by chance from her traveling actor family into service under Athénaïs de Montespan, the influential mistress of Louis XIV, Claudette spies on personal and political rivals only to question her loyalty in the wake of Athénaïs's fascination with dark magic."@en
  • "Pulled by chance from her traveling actor family into service under the influential mistress of Louis XIV, Claudette uses her considerable talents to spy on personal and political rivals, only to have her loyalty questioned in the wake of a mercurial Athénaïs's fascination with dark magic."
  • "Paris, 1660. As the daughter of itinerant actors who once lit up Parisian stages, Claudette always thought her future lay in the theater. But a series of chance encounters pulls her into the orbit of the most beautiful woman in France: Athénaïs de Montespan, the mistress to Louis XIV and reigning "Shadow Queen." Impetuous Athénaïs wields a disconcerting amount of power--a fact that has ruffled many of the Sun King's key advisors. Needing someone to act as her eyes and ears, Athénaïs hires Claudette as a personal attendant. She fears political enemies are plotting her ruin while young courtesans angle to take the coveted spot in the king's bed. As Athénaïs begins to lose her grip on the Sun King, her plots and fascination with the magical arts take a dark turn. Set against the gilded opulence of a newly constructed Versailles and the blood-stained fields of the Franco-Dutch War, The Shadow Queen is a seductive, gripping novel about lust, power, loyalty, and the increasingly uneasy relationship between two strong-willed women whose actions could shape the future of France."@en

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  • "Biographical fiction"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Paranormal fiction"@en
  • "History"@en

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