Intrigues At Versailles
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Author | : Will Bashor |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2020-07-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1538138255 |
This riveting book explores the little-known intimate life of Marie Antoinette and her milieu in a world filled with intrigue, infidelity, adultery, and sexually transmitted diseases. Will Bashor reveals the intrigue and debauchery of the Bourbon kings from Louis XIII to Louis XV, which were closely intertwined with the expansion of Versailles from a simple hunting lodge to a luxurious and intricately ordered palace. It soon became a retreat for scandalous conspiracies and rendezvous—all hidden from the public eye. When Marie Antoinette arrived, she was quickly drawn into a true viper's nest, encouraged by her imprudent entourage. Bashor shows that her often thoughtless, fantasy-driven, and notorious antics were inevitable given her family history and the alluring influences that surrounded her. Marie Antoinette's frivolous and flamboyant lifestyle prompted a torrent of scathing pamphlets, and Bashor scrutinizes the queen's world to discover what was false, what was possible, and what, although shocking, was most probably true. Readers will be fascinated by this glimpse behind the decorative screens to learn the secret language of the queen’s fan and explore the dark passageways and staircases of endless intrigue at Versailles.
Author | : Thomas D'Urfey |
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Author | : Thomas D'Urfey |
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Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1697 |
Genre | : Versailles (France) |
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Author | : Thomas D'Urfey |
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Author | : Thomas D'Urfey |
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Author | : Ryoko Ikeda |
Publisher | : Udon Entertainment |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2020-05-26 |
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ISBN | : 9781927925959 |
War is brewing. Oscar François de Jarjeyes has never conformed to the image of an ideal French noblewoman. While the people of Paris are being bankrupted by the nobles' extravagant spending, Oscar demotes herself to the French Guard, and mingles with revolutionary thinkers and commoners. She finds herself broken by failed love and torn between her loyalties to Queen Marie Antoinette and to the people of France. This deluxe hardcover volume contains chapters 45-66 of Riyoko Ikeda's historical fiction masterwork.
Author | : Antony Spawforth |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : 0312357850 |
Author | : Kathryn Lasky |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2013-11-26 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0545315638 |
Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's MARIE ANTOINETTE is back in print with a gorgeous new package! To forge an incredibly powerful political alliance, thirteen-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria is betrothed to Dauphin Louis Auguste, who will one day be the king of France. To prepare the princess for becoming queen, she must be trained to write, read, speak French, dress, act . . . even breathe. Things become more difficult for her when she is separated from her family and sent to the court of Versailles to meet her future husband. Opinionated and headstrong Marie Antoinette must find a way to fit in at the royal court, and get along with her fiance. The future of Austria and France falls upon her shoulders. But as she lives a luxurious life inside the palace gates, out on the streets the people of France face hunger and poverty. Through the pages of her diary, Marie captures the isolation, the lavish parties and gowns, her struggle to find her place, and the years leading up her ascendance of the throne . . . and a revolution.
Author | : Sally Christie |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2015-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1501102966 |
Court intriguers are beginning to sense that young King Louis XV, after seven years of marriage, is tiring of his Polish wife. The race is on to find a mistress for the royal bed. The King's scheming ministers push Louise, the eldest of the aristocratic Nesle sisters, into the arms of the King. Over the following decade, of the five Nesle sisters-- Louise, Pauline, Diane, Hortense, and Marie-Anne-- four will become mistresses to King Louis XV. All will conspire, betray, suffer, and triumph in a desperate fight for both love and power.
Author | : Una Power |
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Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 1989 |
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ISBN | : 9780263122572 |