Gabrielle ilie is a young princess-bride on the eve of her fairy tale wedding. This should be by all accounts her Happily ever after ending: a royal wedding wit

The captivating biography of the French aristocrat who balanced the demands of her society with passionate affairs of the heart and a brilliant life of the mind

Contains a full index of all the topics covered in the first nine volumes of the set.

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