Elyse Welles’s Reviews > A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King: Letters of Liselotte von der Pfalz, Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, 1652 - 1722 > Status Update
Elyse Welles
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This book has humanized historical greats more than I knew a book could, and I think it’s the authenticity of reading such a prim and proper lady’s personal writing. The contrast between how we know of the courts from textbooks to what we know from first hand accounts is mind -boggling. It’s a very big book but I am almost halfway.
— Dec 15, 2018 06:22AM
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Elyse Welles
is on page 140 of 352
Lisolette’s story draws you in as a novel might. You are invested in her next letter as much as her correspondents must have been. Her integrity, courage, and spirit are inspiring, and I feel like I am constantly rereading things because I’m so in awe of her spunky attitude. I’m excited to keep reading about her journey as a widow and then mother to the Regent of France (parts 2 and 3.)
— Jun 12, 2019 01:13PM
