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LA Grande Mademoiselle at the Court of France: 1627-1693


Author(s): Pitts, Vincent J.
ISBN10:  0801864666
ISBN13:  9780801864667
Format:  Hardcover
Pub. Date:  12/1/2000
Publisher(s): Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

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SummaryTable of Contents
Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans -- a cousin to Louis XIV and known in her time and to posterity as "la Grande Mademoiselle" -- is still remembered in France today for her unconventional life and heroic deeds. Her Memoires, first published in 1718 and initially suppressed in France, remains a major source of information on the period's political and social events as well as a page-turning melodrama of court intrigue. Mademoiselle also left behind a number of other works -- literary portraits of the prominent personalities of her day, letters, satirical short stories, and two essays on religion -- which, together with her memoirs, stand as an unusual achievement for any seventeenth-century woman, let alone one so high-born and wealthy.

In La Grande Mademoiselle at the Court of France, Vincent Pitts presents a comprehensive and engaging biography of this remarkable woman which draws upon Mademoiselle's writings and his own impressive command of her times. Viewed through her writings, the events of Mademoiselle's life offer a unique perspective on several aspects of

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
The Daughter of France
1(28)
A Most Eligible Princess
29(28)
The Second Maid of Orleans
57(42)
The Pastimes of the Princess Aurelie
99(30)
A Muse at the Court of Apollo
129(27)
The Triumph of Venus
156(42)
The Mask of Apollo and the End of Illusions
198(35)
The Muse's Lament
233(22)
Appendix A: Mademoiselle's Writings 255(8)
Appendix B: Mademoiselle's Fortune 263(6)
Appendix C: Genealogical Tables 269(6)
Notes 275(64)
Bibliography 339(16)
Index 355

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