Dialogues and addresses / Madame de Maintenon ; edited and translated by John J. Conley.

Born Françoise d'Aubigné, a criminal's daughter reduced to street begging as a child, Madame de Maintenon (1653-1719) made an improbable rise from impoverished beginnings to the summit of power as the second, secret wife of Louis XIV. An educational reformer, Maintenon founded and direct...

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Main Author: Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719
Other Authors: Conley, John J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Series:Other voice in early modern Europe.
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Uniform Title:Works.