Louise De La Vallière
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded with chipping of original jacket under mylar sleeve. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Louise de la Vallière is the third instalment in Alexandre Dumas's grand D'Artagnan Romances cycle, following Twenty Years After and preceding The Vicomte de Bragelonne. Set against the glittering and treacherous court of Louis XIV, the novel chronicles the political intrigues, romantic entanglements, and shifting loyalties that surround the young Louise de la Vallière, the king's beloved mistress. With his trademark swashbuckling pace and richly detailed period atmosphere, Dumas weaves together the fates of his beloved musketeers — Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan — as they navigate a world of ambition, honour, and betrayal. The narrative presents a vivid portrait of seventeenth-century French court life, where passion and power are inseparable, and where the destinies of kings and commoners alike hang by the finest of threads.
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Format: Hardback
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded with chipping of original jacket under mylar sleeve. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Louise de la Vallière is the third instalment in Alexandre Dumas's grand D'Artagnan Romances cycle, following Twenty Years After and preceding The Vicomte de Bragelonne. Set against the glittering and treacherous court of Louis XIV, the novel chronicles the political intrigues, romantic entanglements, and shifting loyalties that surround the young Louise de la Vallière, the king's beloved mistress. With his trademark swashbuckling pace and richly detailed period atmosphere, Dumas weaves together the fates of his beloved musketeers — Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan — as they navigate a world of ambition, honour, and betrayal. The narrative presents a vivid portrait of seventeenth-century French court life, where passion and power are inseparable, and where the destinies of kings and commoners alike hang by the finest of threads.