Letters from Spain a seventeenth-century French noblewoman at the Spanish Royal Court

Introduction: The other voice -- A diplomatic life -- Women and the epistolary arts -- The Marquise de Villars, letter writer and travel writer -- The self-fashioning of an ambassadress -- The extant letters of the Marquise de Villars -- A note on the translation -- Letters from Spain (1679-1681) --...

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1. Verfasser: Villars, Marie Gigault de Bellefonds de (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hester, Nathalie (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, Toronto Iter Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:The other voice in early modern Europe / The Toronto Series 80
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: The other voice -- A diplomatic life -- Women and the epistolary arts -- The Marquise de Villars, letter writer and travel writer -- The self-fashioning of an ambassadress -- The extant letters of the Marquise de Villars -- A note on the translation -- Letters from Spain (1679-1681) -- Appendix: Three Additional Letters by the Marquise de Villars. Letter A: To the Marquise de Sévigné, Paris, August 25, 1673 -- Letter B: To Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Turin, November 1, 1676 80 -- Letter C: To Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Turin, September 11, 1677.
"Translation and critical study of thirty-seven letters to friends at home, written 1679-1681 by Marie Gigault de Bellefonds, marquise de Villars, French noblewoman and wife of French ambassador Pierre de Villars, describing life at the Spanish court at a troubled time"--
Beschreibung:Letters translated from French into English by the editor
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xi, 100 Seiten
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ISBN:9781649590107
978-1-64959-010-7
9781649590114