Enchantress of Paris: A Novel of the Sun King's Court
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The alignment of the stars at Marie Mancini's birth warned that although she would be gifted at divination, she was destined to disgrace her family. Nonetheless, Cardinal Mazarin brings his niece to the opulent French court, where the forbidden occult arts thrive in secret. In France, Marie discovers that her powerful uncle rules, using Marie's sister Olympia to hold the Sun King, Louis XIV, in thrall.
Desperate to avoid her mother's dying wish that she spend her life in a convent, Marie burns her grimoire, trading Italian superstitions for polite sophistication. As her star rises, King Louis becomes enchanted by Marie's charm. Sensing a chance to grab even greater power, Cardinal Mazarin pits the sisters against each other, showering Marie with diamonds and silks in exchange for bending King Louis to his will.
Disgusted by Mazarin's ruthlessness, Marie rebels. She sacrifices everything, but exposing Mazarin's darkest secret threatens to tear France apart. When even King Louis' love fails to protect Marie, she must summon her powers of divination.
Fraught with conspiracy and passion, Enchantress of Paris is a captivating historical novel about a woman whose love was more powerful than magic.
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Marci Jefferson. (2015). Enchantress of Paris: A Novel of the Sun King's Court. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Marci Jefferson. 2015. Enchantress of Paris: A Novel of the Sun King's Court. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
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Desperate to avoid her mother's dying wish that she spend her life in a convent, Marie burns her grimoire, trading Italian superstitions for polite sophistication. As her star rises, King Louis becomes enchanted by Marie's charm. Sensing a chance to grab even greater power, Cardinal Mazarin pits the sisters against each other, showering Marie with diamonds and silks in exchange for bending King Louis to his will.
Disgusted by Mazarin's ruthlessness, Marie rebels. She sacrifices everything, but exposing Mazarin's darkest secret threatens to tear France apart. When even King Louis' love fails to protect Marie, she must summon her powers of divination.
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Jefferson's (Girl on the Golden Coin) latest novel peers into the world of Marie Mancini (1639-1715), who--if not the best remembered of Louis XIV's mistresses--is considered by many to be his one true love. Born into a noble Italian family notorious for their occult practices, Marie was also the niece of the vastly powerful Cardinal Mazarin, whose influence at the French court was unsurpassed by even the king himself. Originally intended to take the veil, Marie's determined to stay on the outside of the convent walls. Although cast in her older sister Olympia's shadow, she catches the interest of the Sun King through her keen intellect and subtle beauty. Despite her uncle's attempts to employ her influence over Louis, the headstrong young woman wants nothing of his schemes. But will the evil star her father discovered in her horoscope so long ago keep them apart? VERDICT Told with vivid historical detail and packed with court intrigue, this is sure to please fans of royal fiction.--Anna Nelson Karras, Naples Regional Lib., FL
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Desperate to avoid her mother's dying wish that she spend her life in a convent, Marie burns her grimoire, trading Italian superstitions for polite sophistication. As her star rises, King Louis becomes enchanted by Marie's charm. Sensing a chance to grab even greater power, Cardinal Mazarin pits the sisters against each other, showering Marie with diamonds and silks in exchange for bending King Louis to his will.
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