Les Gaboriau, Emile 1832-1873 creator text utu 2005 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Les cotillons célèbres" by Émile Gaboriau is a historical novel published in 1861. This documentary-style work explores influential women who shaped the French monarchy, from Queen Frédégonde of the Frankish kingdom to the famous mistresses of Louis XIV and Louis XV's courts. Gaboriau examines figures like Agnès Sorel, Diane de Poitiers, and others who "feminized" French royalty through their power and influence, contributing to France's emerging national narrative during a period of European geopolitical transformation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Les Maîtresses légendaires -- Agnès Sorel -- Les Amours de François Ier -- La comtesse de Chateaubriant -- La duchesse d'Etampes -- La belle Ferronnière -- Diane de Poitiers -- Marie Touchet -- Le Vert-Galant -- La belle Gabrielle -- Henriette d'Entragues -- Mademoiselle de Hautefort et mademoiselle de La Fayette. Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Cotillons_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bres Release date is 2005-11-19 Produced by Carlo Traverso, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) Original publication data not identified Favorites, Royal -- France -- Biography France -- Kings and rulers -- Paramours -- Biography France -- Court and courtiers -- History DC Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17105 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17105 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133411.0 17105