“Nothing is able to withstand a beautiful woman!” – say the French. And even the supreme power is inclined to the female charm. What proved the heroines of this book, who became the greatest queens, albeit not crowned officially. Marquisa de Pompadur and Diana de Poitier, Anna Boleyn and Marquis de Montespan, Ans Sorel, Madame Du Barry, Virginia Dee Castillo, Ekaterina Dolgorukai – these great women conquered the hearts of the crowned people, entering history and legend not just like the favorite, but as the “night queen” of Europe.
Contemporaries were amazed at the wealth of their outfits, jewelry and palaces, envied their imperious character and influence on the fate of entire peoples – but, as it often happens, broken hearts and broken fates were hidden behind beauty, brilliance and luxury …
Author
Nechaev Sergey Yuryevich
Editor
Aksenova E.
Publisher
Eksmo, 2014
Series
Fatal women
16+
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