1930. With sixteen illustrations in photogravure. The story of
Madame de Maintenon who was born in a prison and raised to a Throne
or next door to it. Freaks of fortune fantastic as a fairy-tale,
contrasts of penury and magnificence which seem invented only to
astonish and amuse. Yet the heroine of these incredible
vicissitudes was no exotic enchantress dominating by superhuman
beauty or intelligence. Her personality is singularly free from any
abnormal characteristic. She was neither the femme fatale, the
malevolent witch blasting all who offended her, of Saint-Simon's
malignant invention, nor the all-powerful Dictatress, scourge of
the Huguenots, of the Dutch Gazettes, nor finally the hypocritical
religious despot of the biographers, austere governess ruling her
nuns with a rod of iron when nothing else was left to rule. No
personage of her importance in history has been so maligned, so
misunderstood, so misrepresented. She, stigmatized as cruel,
capricious, vindictive, fatal to France, was in reality a paragon
of honesty, loyalty and magnanimity; very simple, very
straightforward, supremely charitable; a saint, whose sole
ambitions were to convert her King and alleviate the misery caused
by his wars.
General
| Imprint: |
Kessinger Publishing Co
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2010 |
| First published: |
September 2010 |
| Authors: |
Maud Cruttwell
|
| Dimensions: |
152 x 229 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
452 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-162-76720-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-162-76720-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781162767208 |
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