Add this copy of Mazarine Legacy to cart. $6.50, very good condition, Sold by 417 Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Branson, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Viking Adult.
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Used-VG in Fair jacket. Local Independent Bookstore. All Orders ship within 2 business days. No markings, highlighting, or tears to pages. Shelf Wear (stain) to DJ. Pictures on request.
Add this copy of The Mazarine Legacy to cart. $7.00, very good condition, Sold by Liberty Book Shop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Avis, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Viking.
Add this copy of Mazarine Legacy to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Optical Insights rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Murrieta, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Viking Adult.
Add this copy of The Mazarine Legacy: the Life of Hortense Mancini, to cart. $14.00, good condition, Sold by Abstract Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Indianapolis, IN, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by The Viking Press.
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Book 244 pages, b/w plates, appendices, index; 8vo, gray boards/blue cloth. Very good, light spotting fore edge, small sticker inside front cover; dust jacket fair, small pieces missing, general wear.
Add this copy of The Mazarine Legacy: the Life of Hortense Mancini to cart. $17.00, very good condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 1969 by Viking.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 067046418X. Tight clean book, still stiff to open, unmarked but for name/nameplate/sticker to front endpaers; dj just lightly rubbed. 244 pp illustrated.
Add this copy of The Mazarine Legacy: the Life of Hortense Mancini to cart. $19.00, very good condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 1969 by Viking.
Add this copy of Mazarine Legacy, the to cart. $28.66, very good condition, Sold by Lisa Van Munster rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oshawa, ON, CANADA, published 1969 by The Viking Press, Inc..
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. A brilliant and elegant biography of Europe's most beautiful woman, Hortense Mancini, Duchess Mazarin. SUB-TITLE: The Life of Hortense Mancini, Duchess Mazarin. BOOK NUMBER: 1069. JACKET DESIGN BY: Di Grazia/Casper. CONTENTS: I: Fortune's Favorites (1602-1661) II: Pleasures of the Enchanted Isle (1661-1668) III: A Pair of Wives Errant (1668-1675) IV: The Kingdom of Love (An Interlude) V: A Succession of French Ambassadors (1675-1689) VI: Paradise Row (1689-1699) VII: The Miracle of Liesse (1699-1713) Appendix I: The Genealogical Background; Appendix 2: Bibliographical Note; Index. SYNOPSIS: Life in France under Louis the Sun King was a court painter's dream of beauty, gallantry, and pomp. At fourteen, Hortense Mancini, the favorite niece of Jules Cardinal Mazarin, was the incarnation of an age of hyperbole. Accounted the most beautiful woman in Christendom by all but the envious, she became at her uncle's death the richest heiress in all Europe. Against this gilded background, Hortense Mancini (1646-1699) lived perhaps the most extravagantly dramatic life of the epoch. Her husband (the model for Tartuffe) was fanatically pious and more than a little mad; the Duke kept his wife on a suffocatingly tight rein, dragging her to bleak provinces far from Paris. At last she rebelled and fled to Italy, dressed as a boy and carrying only her jewels. From then on her life became the stuff of high romance: a chase into Switzerland, her husband's spies hot in pursuit; intercepted letters; incarcerations in convents; a reckless flight to Marseilles, while all Europe waited breathless for bulletins of her escapades. Then sanctuary under the wing of the Duke of Savoy, a former suiter; when he died, his vindictive wife expelled Hortense, who sailed to London and the arms of another suitor, Charles II. She established her salon in elegant quarters given by the King, and there entertained the great men of the day. At fifty-three, still handsome, she lost her lover to her own daughter; with the reflexes of a novelistic heroine, she killed herself. This is a vast canvas, covering Paris, Rome, Savoy, and London, on which we follow Duchess Mazarin in her curiously contemporary quest for a private life. Her suspenseful story also illuminates the public affairs of her day, with detailed insights into the workings of boudoir diplomacy and the petty intrigues that often made the difference between war and peace. In an elegant and colorful style, buttressed by careful research, Toivo David Rosvall has concocted a seductive blend of social history and historical romance, as enlightening as it is delightful. Toivo David Rosvall, of Finnish descent, lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he teaches German and English. He regularly contributes feature articles to the Worcester Sunday Telegram and is the author of two children's books. Mr. Rosvall did most of his research on the Mazarin family during a three-year stay in Rome.
Add this copy of The Mazarin Legacy: the Life of Hortense Mancini, to cart. $81.00, like new condition, Sold by WeTalkBooks, ships from Rumlang, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, published 1969 by The Viking Press.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Binding: HB Condition: Fine Dustjacket: Very good Details: A dramatic biography of Hortense Mancini, favorite niece of Cardinal Mazarin, who, at his death became the richest heiress in all Europe. Size: 22cm X 14.5cm Weight: 450 grams SBN: 670-46418-X.