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Memoirs of Duc De Saint-Simon 1715-1723
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Lucy Norton (Editor & Translator) |
Abridged translation of memoirs in 3 volumes |
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A woman's life in the court of the Sun King
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Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth duchesse d' |
lx, 287 p. ; 26 cm |
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Madame du Deffand and Her World
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Benedetta Craveri |
Biography of Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, Madame du Deffand.
Madame du Deffand, a popular and influential Parisian salon hostess, was widely respected for her keen wit and intellect, and she was a… |
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Princesse of Versailles
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Elliott, Charles |
Versailles had come to life again. For fifteen years Mme. de Maintenon's austerity had cast a gloom over the royal pleasure palace; the disillusioned old king, grown virtuous with advancing age, had … |
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The Triumph of Pleasure
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Georgia J. Cowart |
"Prominent components of Louis XIV's propaganda, the arts of spectacle also became sources of a potent resistance to the monarchy in late seventeenth-century France. With a particular focus on the co… |
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