The Shadow Queen

The daughter of actors, Claudette has been playing different roles since she was a child. After settling in Paris, where her mother becomes a star, Claudette finds a position as personal assistant to Ath na s de Montespan, the highly influential mistress of Louis XIV, and France s Shadow Queen. But amid the gilded opulence of the newly-constructed Versailles, she is shocked to discover that the Court s veneer of respectability and glamour conceals just as many plots and deceptions as the stage.

As she is caught up in Ath na s s paranoia and desperation to keep the King s attention, Claudette is forced to consider a move that will risk her own life and that of the family she loves so dearly.