the sisters of versailles a novel sally christie

Sally Christie’s The Sisters of Versailles is the first book in The Mistresses of Versaillesseries. Today I’m excited to spotlight the first book in a new historical fiction trilogy. 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. In the tradition of The Other Boleyn Girl, The Sisters of Versailles is a clever, intelligent, and absorbing novel that historical fiction fans will devour. 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. The King’s scheming ministers push Louise, the eldest of the aristocratic Nesle sisters, into the arms of the King. The race is on to find a mistress for the royal bed as various factions put their best foot-and women-forward. Their scandalous story is stranger than fiction but true in every shocking, amusing, and heartbreaking detail.Ĭourt intriguers are beginning to sense that young King Louis XV, after seven years of marriage, is tiring of his Polish wife. Set against the lavish backdrop of the French Court in the early years of the 18th century, The Sisters of Versailles 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. Goodness, but sisters are a thing to fear. Genres: Fiction, Historical, Literary, General Published by Atria Books on September 1st 2015

The Sisters of Versailles by Sally Christie

The sisters of versailles a novel sally christie