The Regent's Daughter

Dumas brings the glittering, treacherous world of Regency France to life in this tale of a princess torn between sacred vows and forbidden desires. Philippe d'Orléans, the powerful Regent of France governing for the young Louis XV, faces his greatest challenge not in the political machinations of the court, but in his own daughter. Mademoiselle de Chartres has taken the veil at the Abbey of Chelles, yet her heart remains stubbornly worldly, her tastes decidedly unbefitting a bride of Christ. When her father arrives to admonish her lavish lifestyle, the stage is set for a delicious collision of duty and desire. The novel pulses with the energy of a court where everything is performance, where faith is costume, and where a young woman's refusal to surrender her spirit becomes its own quiet revolution.