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Title: History with a Story
Review: Many times the movies make the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV appear filled with lace, elegant people and glamor. In reality it was not such a nice place. It was a filthy, deadly (Do a search on The Affair of the Poisons) place.This book is the autobiography of a dwarf named Hughes. He winds up at the court of Louis XIV, particularly as part of the household of his mistress Madame de Maintenon and eventually that of the kings mistress, Montespan. The story is filled with intrigue, sex, violence and mystery. As with most historical fiction, there is a mixture of fictional characters combined with the historical.This is an easy way to learn history. A good novel gives you the truth about the historical parts and combines it with a story that doesn't leave you trying to memorize a never ending list of dates. The important part is that a good novel, as this one is, gives you a feeling and understanding for life as it must have been during these times.
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