At the most decisive time in the young king's life, Louise XIV can taste the danger. His court teems with greed and corruption, the wrong woman draws him into a wrenching love affair, and a mysterious boy in an iron mask haunts the woods. The untried ruler is coming into his own in 1661, and Louise XIV must face what he is willing to sacrifice for honor and for love.
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