The kings' mistresses : the liberated lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and her sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin / Elizabeth C. Goldsmith.
ISBN
9781586488895 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1586488899 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781586488901 (e-book)
1586488902 (e-book)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : PublicAffairs, c2012.
Physical Description
xix, 256 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Summary
The little-known story of two spirited sisters who flaunted every social convention of 17th century Europe in their determination to live independently.