Before Versailles by Karleen Koen - Giveaway

Friday, September 7, 2012

Thanks to the nice people at Sourcebooks, I have a copy of the new paperback release of Karleen Koen's Before Versailles to give away.  This is a 48 hour giveaway, so to enter, please complete the form below by 1:00 PM (ET) on Sunday, September 9, 2012. US and Canada only.   You have to work for this one a little so you must also include the answer to the following trivia question:

The princess who captured King Louis XIV heart in 1661 was from what kingdom? 

The winner will be chosen from all correct answers.

About the book:

Meticulously researched and gorgeously brought to life by Karleen Koen, BEFORE VERSAILLES focuses on four intense months of King Louis’s young life.  It’s the summer of 1661, and after the death of his prime minister, twenty-two-year-old Louis steps into governing France.  He’s still a young man, and in a way quite inexperienced and shy, but also very determined, intelligent and headstrong.  He’s used to having anything and everything his heart desires—land, women—including his brother’s wife.

As the love affair between the two burns, it sets the kingdom on the road toward unmistakable scandal and conflict with the Vatican.  He must face what he is willing to sacrifice for love. At the same time, there are other problems lurking outside the château of Fontainebleau: a boy in an iron mask has been seen in the woods, and the king’s finance minister, Nicolas Fouquet, has proven to be more powerful than Louis ever thought—a man who could make a great ally or become a dangerous foe.




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