The Hurlyburly's Husband

The hilarious, bawdy and touching story of Madame de Montespan's husband who could not give her up.

'The writing is beautiful, witty, grisly and moving, and reeks of authenticity' Sunday Telegraph

The Marquis de Montespan and his new wife, Athenais, are a true love-match - a rarity amongst the nobility of seventeenth-century France. But love is not enough to maintain their hedonistic lifestyle. When Madame de Montespan is offered the chance to become lady-in-waiting to the Queen at Versailles, she seizes this opportunity to turn their fortunes round. Too late, Montespan discovers that his ravishing wife has caught the eye of King Louis XIV. As everyone congratulates him on his new status of cuckold by royal appointment, the Marquis is broken-hearted. He vows to wreak revenge on the monarch and win back his adored Marquise...

Author: Jean Teulé
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 04/15/2014
Pages: 340
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 7.00h x 5.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781906040659

About the Author

Jean Teulé lived in the Marais with his partner, the French film actress Miou-Miou. An illustrator, filmmaker and television presenter, he was the prize-winning author of ten books including one based on the life of Verlaine. He died in 2022.

Alison Anderson is an author and the translator of around 100 books from French, including Muriel Barbery's previous novels and works by Amélie Nothomb and J. M. G. Le Clézio.