Rating 3.5
I find (French history) King Louis XIV’s court very interesting but the story is very depressing. I ended up skipping through a lot of it. I guess I have lived a very sheltered life and find it hard to imagine myself living in the 1600’s through the early 1800’s. Some it was just not fun to read about.
On a May morning in 1664, in the small village of Versailles, as hundreds of young aristocrats are coming to pay court to King Louis XIV, a peasant fan-maker gives birth to her first and only child, Marguerite. Determined to give her daughter a better life than the one she herself has lived, the young mother vows to break the newborn’s bonds of poverty and ensure that she fulfills her destiny—to dance with kings. Purely by chance, a drunken nobleman witnesses the birth and makes a reckless promise to return for Marguerite in seventeen years. With those fateful words, events are set into motion that will span three monarchies, affecting the lives of four generations of women.Marguerite becomes part of the royal court of the Sun King, but her fairy-tale existence is torn out from under her by a change of political winds. Jasmin, Marguerite’s daughter, is born to the life of privilege her grandmother dreamed of, but tempts fate by daring to catch the eye of the king. Violette, Marguerite’s granddaughter, is drawn to the nefarious side of life among the nobles at Versailles. And Rose, Violette’s daughter, becomes a lady-in-waiting and confidante to Marie Antoinette. Through Rose, a love lost generations before will come full circle, even as the ground beneath Versailles begins to rumble with the chaos of the coming revolution.An epic generational tale of loves lost, promises kept, dreams broken, and monarchies shattered, To Dance with Kings is a story of passion and privilege, humble beginnings and limitless ambition.
Book Reviews
I just thought it would be fun to keep a list of books I have read.
Book Rating Scale:
1 = If there is nothing else to read - Okey read it.
2 = There are some really good parts.
3 = There are some really good parts and l learned something
from reaidng it. I liked the book.
4 = I loved the book
5 = At the top of my list. I couldn't put the book down and I
would consider rereading it.
Give me your ideas. If you have read a few of these books tell me what you think about them. Let me know what books are on the top of your list.
Book Rating Scale:
1 = If there is nothing else to read - Okey read it.
2 = There are some really good parts.
3 = There are some really good parts and l learned something
from reaidng it. I liked the book.
4 = I loved the book
5 = At the top of my list. I couldn't put the book down and I
would consider rereading it.
Give me your ideas. If you have read a few of these books tell me what you think about them. Let me know what books are on the top of your list.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
These is my Words by Nancy Turner
Rating 4.3
After reading the work and the glory I wasn't real excited to read more about the 1800's - (This book just continued my oppion that I am so lucky to live in this time and age.) The begining was very depressing - made me sick in my heart. But it turned out to be very good.
After reading the work and the glory I wasn't real excited to read more about the 1800's - (This book just continued my oppion that I am so lucky to live in this time and age.) The begining was very depressing - made me sick in my heart. But it turned out to be very good.
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