Title: The War of the Duchesses - Volume 1 - The Daughter of the Condemned Man - Juliette Benzoni - book
Summary :
On June 22, 1627, François de Montmorency-Bouteville was beheaded in Place de Grève. He left behind a young wife of twenty, two little girls, and an unborn son.
The family would have sunk into poverty if the Princess of Condé, their cousin, had not taken charge of raising the children according to their rank.
Isabelle, the youngest, falls in love very early on with the Duke of Enghien, the future Grand Condé. He is six years older than her and disdains her until she reveals herself to be a ravishing young woman, which does not please Anne-Geneviève, who has a troubled relationship with her brother. War between the two women is brewing. So is the Fronde...
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