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In 17th century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. The Duchesse de Montpensier was one of the few exceptions, as this collection of her letters demonstrates.Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans is the author of 'Against Marriage The Correspondence of LA Grande Mademoiselle', published 2002 under ISBN 9780226534923 and ISBN 0226534928.
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