Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV
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Karleen Koen. (2011). Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV. Crown Publishing Group.

Karleen Koen. 2011. Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV. Crown Publishing Group.

Karleen Koen, Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV. Crown Publishing Group, 2011.

Karleen Koen. Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV. Crown Publishing Group, 2011.

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   • source: Jean M. Auel author of The Clan of the Cave Bear & The Land of Painted Caves
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     "In this magnificently written and researched novel, Karleen Koen brings to vibrant life the early years and loves of the future Sun King."

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   • source: Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings
   • content: "A baroque cornucopia spilling over with intrigue, passion, jealousy, ambition, and rich historical detail, Before Versailles offers a glittering glimpse of the crucial months that shaped Louis XIV into Europe's most powerful monarch."
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   • source: Karen Harper, author of The Irish Princess
   • content: "Before Versailles presents a grand yet intimate glimpse into the lifestyles of the rich and royal at the court of the young, virile King Louis XIV. Words to describe the cast of characters cannot do them justice: moral yet decadent; powerful yet endangered; larger than life yet completely human. But there is an apt word to describe Karleen Koen's latest novel: Brilliant!"
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   • source: C.W. Gortner, author of The Last Queen and The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
   • content: "Before Versailles captivated me from start to finish! With exquisite finesse, Karleen Koen weaves history and myth into a sumptuous portrait of young Louis XIV, his intrigue-laden court, and the passionate, ambitious, often dangerous women who loved him."
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   • source: Publishers Weekly
   • content: "Following solidly in the footsteps of Dumas, Koen (Dark Angels) reveals independent-spirited Louise to be a modern heroine in period costume, and, with her focus on the time just before Louis becomes the unrivaled Sun King, she finds the era ripe for intrigue and romance, not to mention possible sequels."
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   • content: "[T]his is a powerful, rich telling of a few months in the life of King Louis XIV. How clever to pick these particular months when so much is changed. . . . It's enthralling, fascinating and wonderful story telling. Karleen Koen does it again. Can't go wrong reading anything of hers. Bravo!"
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   • source: Library Journal, starred review
   • content: "Rich with detail and action..."
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     March 7, 2011
     It's good to be the king, but also lonely and dangerous, according to Koen's lively historical about Louis XIV's efforts to establish himself as a model monarch. The novel begins in 1661, when Cardinal Mazarin's death leaves the superintendent of finance, Nicolas Fouquet, chomping at the bit to take over the most powerful job in France. Unfortunately for him, 22-year-old Louis relies on self-taught Jean-Baptiste Colbert rather than self-serving Fouquet, taking on royal cash-flow problems, civil strife, and international and bedroom politics, only to discover the greatest threat comes from within his own family. Meanwhile, 16-year-old Louise de la Baume le Blanc tries to keep the honor in maid-of-honor, not an easy task when serving Henriette d'Orleans, though Louise is far more interested in a mysterious boy in an iron mask. Thinking about Henriette, Louis comes across Louise. Thinking about the boy, Louise comes across Louis. The rest is history. Following solidly in the footsteps of Dumas, Koen (Dark Angels) reveals independent-spirited Louise to be a modern heroine in period costume, and, with her focus on the time just before Louis becomes the unrivaled Sun King, she finds the era ripe for intrigue and romance, not to mention possible sequels.

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