" 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.
"Enthralling, fascinating and wonderful storytelling. "Among best historical fiction of 2011." RT Book Reviews, Library Journal, "Following solidly in the footsteps of Dumas, Koen.finds the era ripe for intrigue and romance." - Publishers Weekly Here is another piece of the immense story that is his life. A piece of all that intrigued me was used in Dark Angels. "This is a powerful rich telling of a few months in the life of King Louis XIV." Romance Reviews Historical Novel Society Editors' Pick.Ī big story about Louis XIV has been brewing since my second novel. As the love affair between Louis and Princess Henriette burns, it sets the kingdom on the road toward unmistakable scandal and conflict with the Vatican.īut there are other problems lurking outside the chateau of Fontainebleu: a boy in an iron mask has been seen in the woods, and the king's finance minister, Nicolas Fouquet, has proven to be more powerful than Louis ever thought - a man who could make a great ally or become a dangerous foe. He's still a young man who, as king, willfully takes everything he can get - including his brother's wife. But what was he like as a young man - the man before Versailles?Īfter the death of his prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin, twenty-two-year-old Louis steps into governing France. Louis XIV is one of the best-known monarchs ever to grace the French throne.
He became the icon of the seventeenth century. Karleen Koen's latest novel, a celebration of France's vibrant, young Louis XIV before
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