Project Gutenberg 2006-03-20 Public domain in the USA. 114 Gaboriau, Emile 1832 1873 Gaboriau, Émile Les cotillons célèbres. Deuxième Série Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. La cour de Louis XIV -- Premières amours -- Mademoiselle de La Vallière -- Madame de Montespan -- Madame de Maintenon -- Les femmes de la Régence -- Les demoiselles de Nesle -- Madame de Pompadour -- Madame Du Barry. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Les cotillons célèbres. Deuxième Série" by Émile Gaboriau is a historical narrative likely written in the mid-19th century. The text appears to explore the influential women around King Louis XIV and their roles in shaping his reign. The story delves into themes of power, love, and the intricate connections between personal relationships and politics during the glittering yet tumultuous era of the Sun King. The beginning of the work paints a vivid picture of three pivotal women in Louis XIV’s life—La Vallière, Montespan, and Madame de Maintenon—each representing different phases of the king's reign. It discusses how La Vallière embodies youthful poetry and devotion, while Montespan symbolizes the peak of power and glory, and Madame de Maintenon marks the decline. Through a keenly satirical lens, the opening captures Louis XIV's theatricality and arrogance, illustrating how his court was both a stage for ostentation and a realm filled with personal and political intrigue. The narrative foreshadows the ensuing chaos in Louis XIV's life as the shadows of his past and present relationships intertwine with the fate of his kingdom. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Favorites, Royal -- France -- Biography France -- Kings and rulers -- Paramours -- Biography France -- Court and courtiers -- History DC Text FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - Royalty 561903 561916 2024-10-08T05:59:08.641845 2023-09-08T08:02:25.981844 text/html text/html 641318 2007-08-04T07:54:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 283730 2007-08-04T07:55:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 356975 2024-10-08T05:59:18.876800 application/epub+zip 365494 2024-10-08T05:59:12.140820 application/epub+zip 284743 2024-10-08T05:59:10.728829 application/epub+zip 637561 2024-10-08T05:59:23.921791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 604821 2024-10-08T05:59:17.989792 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496911 2022-09-08T14:16:54.526118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524982 524713 2024-10-08T05:59:07.273097 2023-09-08T08:02:24.863805 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 511451 2007-08-04T07:54:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 195417 2007-08-04T07:55:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21123 2024-10-08T05:59:24.056760 application/rdf+xml 16857 2024-10-08T05:59:11.303074 image/jpeg 3797 2024-10-08T05:59:11.014827 image/jpeg 348255 2024-10-08T05:59:08.699845 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia