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The Enemies of Versailles (The Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy #3) Author: Sally Christie Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Atria Books Release Date: March 21, 2017 Pages: 416 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: In the final installment of Sally Christie’s “tantalizing” ( New York Daily News) Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer. Jeanne bursts into his life and, as the Comtesse du Barry, quickly becomes his official mistress.      “That beastly bourgeois Pompadour was one thing; a common prostitute is quite another kettle of fish.”      After decades of suffering the King's endless stream of Royal Favorites, the princesses of the Court have reached a breaking point. Horrified that he would bring ...

The Rivals of Versailles (The Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy #2) Author: Sally Christie Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Atria Books Release Date: 2016 Pages: 449 Source: Edelweiss/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: And you thought sisters were a thing to fear. In this captivating follow-up to Sally Christie’s clever and absorbing debut, we meet none other than the Marquise de Pompadour, one of the greatest beauties of her generation and the first bourgeois mistress ever to grace the hallowed halls of Versailles.      The year is 1745 and King Louis XV’s bed is once again empty. Enter Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, a beautiful girl from the middle classes. As a child, a fortune teller had told young Jeanne’s destiny: she would become the lover of a king and the most powerful woman in the land. Eventually connections, luck, and a little scheming pave her way to Versailles and into the King’s arms.      All too soon, conniving...

The Enemies of Versailles by Sally Christie Publication Date: March 21, 2017 Atria Books eBook & Paperback; 416 Pages Genre: Historical Fiction Series: The Mistresses of Versailles, Book Three       Synopsis: In the final installment of Sally Christie’s “tantalizing” (New York Daily News) Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer. Jeanne bursts into his life and, as the Comtesse du Barry, quickly becomes his official mistress.      “That beastly bourgeois Pompadour was one thing; a common prostitute is quite another kettle of fish.”      After decades of suffering the King’s endless stream of Royal Favorites, the princesses of the Court have reached a breaking point. Horrified that he would bring the lowborn Comtesse d...

The Sisters of Versailles (Mistresses of Versailles, Book One) by Sally Christie Publication Date: September 1, 2015 Publisher: Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Formats: Ebook, Paperback Pages: 432 ISBN-10: 1501102966 Genre: Historical Fiction READ AN EXCERPT .       Source: This book was given to me by Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: A sumptuous and sensual tale of power, romance, family, and betrayal centered around four sisters and one King. Carefully researched and ornately detailed, The Sisters of Versailles 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.      Goodness, but sisters are a thing to fear.      Set against the lavish backdrop of the French Court in the early years of the 18th century, The Sisters of Versailles is the extraordinary tale...