Won a Book: Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland
Filed Under (Won) by Morbid Romantic on Apr 17, 2009 @ 8:58 pm
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I just won Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland from Travels of a Bookworm.
In spirit, there was nothing diminutive about Louise de la Valliere, known to her family as “Petite.” A rambunctious girl who could tame the wildest stallion, the impoverished and unmarriageable Petite was also able to tame the heart of the legendary Sun King, Louis XIV. Once she had captured his eye, Petite was quickly ensconced in his court, where, as his mistress, she was elevated to a titled position. Such a meteoric rise was bound to attract attention of the wrong sort, and Petite’s life was filled with the terrors and tragedies that accompany all internecine tales of palace intrigue. Amid rumors of black magic and sorcery, loved ones would die, and Petite herself would ultimately arrive at a crossroads where she would be forced to choose between her loyalty to the king and her own personal salvation. Teeming with the rich period details that make historical fiction so rewarding, Gulland’s dynamic and nuanced portrait of Louis’ notorious reign thrums with page-turning expediency and deliciously seductive machinations.
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Congrats on winning. I reviewed this book when it was an ARC. I really enjoyed it and hope you do too! I gasve it a 4 out of 5.