Explores the sociogenesis and development of the French royal mistress, examining the careers of nine of the most significant holders of that title between 1444

Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutiona

Tells the history of the French Renaissance through the lives of its most prominent queens and mistresses.

Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutiona

From the author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York comes another engrossing historical novel of the York family in the Wars of the Roses, telling the