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A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King: Letters of Liselotte von der Pfalz, Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, 1652-1722

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Versailles Through an Unflinching German Eye

Liselotte von der Pfalz’s letters reveal fifty years at Louis XIV’s court. Homesick and unhappily married, she remained close to its intrigues and great events. Elborg Forster’s translation captures her intellectual energy, moral rigor, and outspoken observations.

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On 16 November 1671, Liselotte von der Pfalz, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the Elector of the Palatinate, was married to Philippe d'Orléans, "Monsieur," the only brother of Louis XIV. The marriage was not to be a happy one. Liselotte (known in France as Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, or "Madame") was full of intellectual energy and moral rigor. Homesick for her native Germany, she felt temperamentally ill-suited to life at the French court. The homosexual Monsieur, deeply immersed in the pleasures and intrigues of the court, shared few of his wife's interests. Yet, for the next fifty years, Liselotte remained in France, never far from the center of one of the most glorious courts of Europe. And throughout this period, she wrote letters—sometimes as many as forty a week— to her friends and relatives in Germany. It is from this extraordinary body of correspondence that A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King has been fashioned. As introduced and translated by Elborg Forster, the letters have become the remarkable personal narrative of Liselotte's transformation from an innocent, yet outspoken, girl into a formidable observer of great events and human folly.
 

Versailles Through an Unflinching German Eye

Liselotte von der Pfalz’s letters reveal fifty years at Louis XIV’s court. Homesick and unhappily married, she remained close to its intrigues and great events. Elborg Forster’s translation captures her intellectual energy, moral rigor, and outspoken observations.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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