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In the narcissistic court of the Sun King, reputation is prized to such an extent that duels, however illegal, are fought over the merest insult, and those even slightly connected with the perpetrators wind up in court, which is where Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart encounters Louis-Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin, Marquis de Montespan. He has lost a brother and she a fiancé, so marriage between the two seems a logical solution. Poor, but madly in love, the couple pursue a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More