2005
Affaire de Coeur Reader Writer Poll Nominee for Best Overall
Historical!
Bound by fate. Bound by love. Bound by honor...
Honneure Mansart, orphaned child of a lowly servant, never
dreamed that she would one day find herself at the glittering
palace of Versailles as a servant to the young and lovely
Marie Antoinette, future Queen of France. Nor could she have
imagined the love of her life would turn out to be her beloved
foster brother Phillipe, who also served the young princess.
Their lives were golden.
But the young princess, Antoinette, has a mortal enemy in
Madame du Barry, the aging king's mistress. And Honneure has
a rival for Phillipe, a servant in du Barry's entourage. Together
the women scheme to destroy both Antoinette and Honneure.
Then Louis the XV dies, and his grandson inherits the throne.
Marie Antoinette becomes the Queen of France.
Honneure and Phillipe, their lives inextricably entwined
with those of the king and queen, find a second chance together.
Yet as France's political climate overheats, sadness and tragedy
stalk both couples once again...tragedy, and a terrible secret
that might lead Honneure to the guillotine in the footsteps
of her queen.
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