Author: KENT, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MICHAEL OF
Title: Cupid and the King
Description: London, Harper Collins. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002239116). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MICHAEL OF KENT (Marie Christine née Baroness Marie Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz) to title page with dedication 'To Cicily'. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. Genealogical chart endpapers. xxx + 370 pages. 67 illustrations. In the book Princess Michael vividly recounts the stories of five very different women, each of whom became a celebrated, or notorious, royal courtesan. Diane de Poitiers, the beautiful paramour of Henri II of France; Nell Gwynn, the favourite of Charles II; Madame de Pompadour, the elegant chatelaine of Louis XV; Marie Walewska, the idealistic and patriotic young Polish woman who became the mistress of Napoleon in the hope of saving her country; Lola Montez, the flamboyant, outrageous and dazzling Irish beauty who reinvented herself as a Spanish aristocrat and won the heart of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST B2D. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author.

Keywords: Baroness Marie Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida Von Reibnitz, Diane de Poitiers, Henri II, Nell Gwynn, Charles II, Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV, Marie Walewska, Napoleon, Lola Montez, King Ludwig I of Bavaria 0002239116


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