Memoirs of Mademoiselle de Montpensier (La Grande Mademoiselle)

by Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans

Anne-Marie-Louise, duchesse de Montpensier (1627-1693), known as the Grande Mademoiselle, was the first cousin of Louis XIV. She began working on her memoirs at the age of twenty-five when she was exiled from Paris following her involvement on the 'wrong' side in the Fronde, the civil war that threatened for a time to dislodge the young king from his throne. She returned to them at least twice, each time bringing the story up to date from the point...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907322019
• ISBN13: 9781907322013
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"