{"product_id":"2940170662807","title":"The Sisters of Versailles: A Novel","description":"Set against the lavish backdrop of the French Court in the early years of the 18th century, \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters of Versailles\u003c\/i\u003e is the extraordinary tale of the five Nesle sisters-Louise, Pauline, Diane, Hortense, and Marie-Anne-four of whom became mistresses to King Louis XV. Their scandalous story is stranger than fiction but true in every shocking, amusing, and heartbreaking detail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCourt intriguers are beginning to sense that young King Louis XV, after seven years of marriage, is tiring of his Polish wife. The race is on to find a mistress for the royal bed as various factions put their best foot-and women-forward. The King's scheming ministers push Louise, the eldest of the aristocratic Nesle sisters, into the arms of the King. Over the following decade, the four sisters-sweet, naïve Louise; ambitious Pauline; complacent Diane, and cunning Marie Anne-will conspire, betray, suffer, and triumph in a desperate fight for both love and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Boleyn Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters of Versailles\u003c\/i\u003e is a clever, intelligent, and absorbing novel that historical fiction fans will devour. Based on meticulous research on a group of women never before written about in English, Sally Christie's stunning debut is a complex exploration of power and sisterhood-of the admiration, competition, and even hatred that can coexist within a family when the stakes are high enough.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105095893232,"sku":"2940170662807","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170662807_p0.jpg?v=1763808895","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170662807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}