The author of the internationally acclaimed Josephine B. trilogy returns with another deeply enchanting historical novel, this one based on the life of an extraordinary horsewoman, Louise de la Vallière, the brave and spirited child of minor nobility who, against all odds, grows up to become one of the most mysterious consorts of France’s King Louis XIV, the charismatic Sun King. 
 Set against the magnificent decadence of the 17th-century court of the Sun King, Mistress of the Sun begins when the eccentric young Louise falls in love with a wild white stallion and uses ancient magic to tame him. This one desperate action of youth shadows her throughout her life, changing it in ways she could never imagine. Unmarriageable and too poor to join a convent, she enters the court of the Sun King as a maid of honour, where she captures and then tragically losesthe King’s heart. Mistress of the Sun illuminates, through the resurrection of a fascinating female figure from the dark corners of history, both the power of true love and the rash actions we take to capture and tame it.
 Sandra Gulland’s previous work brought Josephine Bonaparte magnificently to life in three immediately addictive bestselling novels. Beginning with The Many Lives &amp; Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.,Gulland established an entirely new gold standard for the art of historical fiction. Mistress of the Suna riveting love story with a captivating mystery at its centreis a welcome reward for all those who have waited so patiently for its arrival.

Mistress Of The Sun

Literature & Fiction

Gulland, Sandra

Contemporary

HarperCollins, Publishers

Set in Paris at the end of the eighteenth century, Josephine begins to awaken to the reality of her recent marriage to 'the Corsican' Napoleon Bonaparte, now General-in-Chief of the Army of Italy. Through Josephine's diary entries and Napoleon's impassioned - almost disturbing - love letters, an astonishing portrait of an ingenuous, compassionate woman emerges, set against one of the most tumultuous periods in European history. Written in a spare but compelling style, this beautifully crafted novel brings the amazing drama of the legendary Josephine to vibrant life.

Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe

HARPER/COLLINS

The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. : A Novel

Genre Fiction

HarperCollins Canada, Limited

Tales Of Passion, Tales Of Woe

Touchstone Books 11-16-1999

The Last Great Dance On Earth

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited

The Josephine B. Trilogy comprises three acclaimed,bestselling novels that draw the reader into the delicate yet passionaterelationship between Josephine and Napoleon Bonaparte: The Many Lives&amp; Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.; Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe;and The Last Great Dance on Earth. Together in this omnibusedition, they form an irresistible epic, tracing Josephine’s transformationfrom impressionable young girl to canny and compassionate wife, to confidanteempress and one of the most sophisticated and powerful women in history.
Adored by readers of historical fiction, the Josephine novelsare a sweeping tale of love and loss, political intrigue and revolution duringone of the most tumultuous periods in European history.

The Josephine B Trilogy

Harper-perennial

The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.

The Many Lives And Secret Sorrows Of Josephine B (The Josephine B. Trilogy)

The Last Great Dance on Earth

HarperFlamingo Canada

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