The histories of these women are interesting mainly because they are real there were women that meant enough in the mechanisms of power that they created alliances, distributed favors, succeeded in corrupting individuals, punishing others, and using their presumed weakness as an instrument of domination. Thus, we find here the women that were queens (only temporary, as widows, and only until the son, rightful heir, became of age), and those who were mistresses, possessors of the title of known royal favorite, that exceeded the title of prime-minister, ruling indirectly through the formidable influence they had on their kings. The book is based on the age’s documentation sources, the author offering a still literary presentation, however, one that is not romanticized, but rather one that is objective, chronological, and approachable for the reader, one of the feminine personalities of the Ancien Regime of France. But given that the “stronger sex” had a weakness for the “weaker sex”, there were moments in history where certain women gained the power, aiding their personal endeavors through their ambitions, intelligence, and beauty. The Ancien Regime Monarchy was governed by the Salic Law, which allowed only men to reign, being considered even back then as the “stronger sex”. I see the current book as a history of the love triangle in the history of France as of the early XVIth century, and up to the beginning of the French Revolution (XVIIIth century).
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