To Dance with Kings: A Novel-Fast Shipping

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An epic generational tale of loves lost, promises kept, dreams broken, and monarchiesshattered, To Dance with Kings is a story of passion and privilege, humble beginningsand limitless ambition.

On a May morning in 1664, in the small village of Versailles, as hundreds of youngaristocrats are coming to pay court to King Louis XIV, a peasant fan-maker givesbirth to her first and only child, Marguerite. Determined to give her daughter abetter life than the one she herself has lived, the young mother vows to break thenewborn’s bonds of poverty and ensure that she fulfills her destiny—to dance withkings. Purely by chance, a drunken nobleman witnesses the birth and makes a recklesspromise to return for Marguerite in seventeen years. With those fateful words, eventsare set into motion that will span three monarchies, affecting the lives of fourgenerations 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 politicalwinds. Jasmin, Marguerite’s daughter, is born to the life of privilege her grandmotherdreamed of, but tempts fate by daring to catch the eye of the king. Violette, Marguerite’sgranddaughter, is drawn to the nefarious side of life among the nobles at Rose, Violette’s daughter, becomes a lady-in-waiting and confidante to MarieAntoinette. Through Rose, a love lost generations before will come full circle, evenas the ground beneath Versailles begins to rumble with the chaos of the coming revolution.