His most celebrated paramour, Madame de Pompadour, makes her entrance and continues in the next book. The first succession of mistresses were sisters, though each different in personality.
Louis was a charming bridegroom and faithful throughout most of the Queen’s childbearing years, but when she turned him away in exhaustion, courtiers, such as the Duc de Richelieu, took the chance to arrange his amours. This the people forgave him in his youth, but as the years passed, and his mistresses became more demanding, the songs and pamphlets began and a dissension, the precursor to the French Revolution, started to brew in Paris. Raised by a set of serious-minded tutors, Louis started as a solemn child with much promise, but developed a fierce revulsion to uneasy situations, and so allowed his ministers to rule while he enjoyed pleasurable pursuits. Louis XV, the Well-Beloved, became the King of France at the age of five, upon the death of his great-grandfather, The Sun King, Louis XIV. The Road to Compiegne and Flaunting Extravagant Queen Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.First in the French Revolution trilogy, followed by As the discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his extravagances and his mistress, the powerful Marquise de Pompadour. But how long will Paris stay silent when the death of the Marquise de Pompadour leads to yet another mistress influencing the King? No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll.
Ignoring the unrest in Paris, Louis continues to indulge in frivolities.
Suspicions, plots and rivalry are rife as Louis's daughters and lovers jostle for his attention and their own standing at Court. No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular -the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll.
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