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Lisa Hilton "Mistress Peachum's Pleasure: The Life of Lavinia Fenton, Duchess of Bolton"
Orion Publishing 2006 0297847686 / 9780297847687 Hardcover New
"Mistress Peachum was Lavinia Fenton, an 18th-century actress who was the original Polly Peachum in John Gay’s celebrated play, The Beggar’s Opera. Both Lavinia and the play were overnight sensations: however, she enjoyed only a few months of fame before she caught the eye of the Duke of Bolton, a married aristocrat, and her life of glamour became ever more scandalous. With a cast of politicians and pickpockets, highwaymen and whores, Mistress Peachum's Pleasure brilliantly illuminates the interplay between the theater and the social and political climate of 18th-century London. ID: mon0000119701"
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15.64 USD
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Lisa Hilton Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV Mistress-the Real Queen of France
"Little, Brown and Company" 2002 0316084905 / 9780316084901 Hardcover Like New
"First US Edition, clean, tight, unmarked, with fine dj.() As lovely and charming as she was shrewd and calculating, AthÈnaÔs de Montespan became the most powerful noblewoman of her day by brilliantly manipulating her forbidden role as mistress of King Louis XIV. With a lively narrative style that reads like fiction, Lisa Hilton reveals the woman behind the most dazzling days of the Sun King's reign. As a lover, AthÈnaÔs risked the disgrace of adultery to conduct an affair that scandalized Europe. As a patron, she supported the leaders of the cultural renaissance, including MoliËre and Racine. As a mother, she was the ancestor of most of the royal houses of Europe. The greatest beauty of her day, she lived publicly and sensationally until bizarre accusations of witchcraft forced her from grace in the ID: mon0000106674"
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6.84 USD
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Lisa Hilton Athenais: The Real Queen of France
Little Brown and Company 2002 0316858781 / 9780316858786 Hardcover Very Good
"'Hardcover, Very Good, clean, tight, unmarked, 6 1/2'' x 9 1/2', colour illustrations, index, 339 pages. .. Renowned mistress to Louis XIV, Athenais de Montespan was as much a part of 17th century France's glory days as was the King himself. Lisa Hilton describes how the life of this exrordinay woman unfolded, from her unhappy marriage to a provincial noble, to her seduction schemes for winning over the King. This is a story of Arthenais' rise and subsequent demise, her fame and infamy.'' ID: mon0000000915"
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9.80 USD
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