Versailles

By Pierre Lemoine

Subjects: Petit Trianon (Versailles, France), Château de Versailles (Versailles, France), Grand Trianon (Versailles, France), Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Guidebooks

Description: "With more than three hundred pages, three hundred illustrations, and many plans and indexes, this book is an indispensable guide to understanding the Château of Versailles. It provides a detailed history of this fascinating Château and sets out—in the order of the itinerary—an exhaustive description of each room and its function: the State and Private Apartments, the Chapel, the Opera, the Château's History Galleries, the collections of paintings and sculptures in the Historical Museum, the Petit and Grand Trianon, and a comprehensive guide to the extensive park and its many groves"--