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What’s it like for a young soldier to cope with facial disfigurement? Or for a parent to resort to prostitution to live in the catchment of the best school? And what about suddenly confronting the handicapped, 16-year- old son you never knew you had?

Scenting plunder, dragons became pussycats, all wanting a slice of the action. This was the real poker game. Who would make the first move?

More religious in middle age, Louis XIV rejected a long-standing lover and took up with the governess instead. Well, we didn’t expect him to stop being a three times a day man