Download or read book Princesses Ladies Salonni res of the Reign of Louis XV written by Thérèse-Louis Latour and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Princesses Ladies Adventuresses of the Reign of Louis XIV written by Thérèse-Louis Latour and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women of Versailles written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women of Versailles written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Daughters of Louis XV written by Casimir Stryienski and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The appellation of "Mesdames" remained in history because of particular genealogical, political, and strategic circumstances that caused many of the eight daughters that Louis XV had with Marie Leszczynska to remain at the French court, including: Marie Louise Élisabeth of France (1727 - 1759), Madame Henriette Anne de France (1727 - 1752), her twin, entitled Madame Seconde, then Madame after the marriage of her twin sister Marie Louise de France (1728 - 1733), Madame Troisième, then Madame Louise Marie Adélaïde de France (1732 - 1800), Madame Quatrième, then Madame Troisième, then Madame Adélaïde and finally Madame, after the death of Madame Henriette Marie Louise Thérèse Victoire de France (1733 - 1799), Madame Quatrième, then Madame Victoire Sophie Philippine Élisabeth Justine de France (1734 - 1782), Madame Cinquième then Madame Sophie Marie Thérèse Félicité de France (1736 - 1744), Madame Sixième, then Madame Thérèse Louise Marie de France (1737 - 1787), Madame Septième or Dernière, then Madame Louise."--Wikipedia.
Download or read book Memoirs of the Private Life of Marie Antoinette Queen of France and Navarre written by Mme Campan (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette) and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Princesses Ladies Salonni res of the Reign of Louis XV written by Thérèse-Louis Latour and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women of Versailles Last Years of Louis XV written by Arthur Leon Imbert De Saint-Amand and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Women of Versailles written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Women of Versailles written by Kate Brown and published by Seren. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Dark and rich, The Women of Versailles is filled with political intrigue, sexual awakening, and the roots of revolution.' – Peggy Riley. In The Women of Versailles, the narrative slips between the decadent world of Versailles during the reign of Louis XV and the day, just before the French revolution in 1789, that Versailles is stormed by the women of Paris and Louis XVI is forced to move the court to the Tuileries. At the centre of this story is Adélaïde, who struggles with her budding sexuality and a desire for freedom of expression, both of which conflict with the expectations of the restrictive court. Adélaïde envies her brother, is bored with her sister and, when Madame de Pompadour, a bourgeoise, comes to court as her father's mistress, she is smitten, with dangerous results. Adélaïde pushes against the confines of the court, blind to the difference between a mistress and princess, with tragic results. Forty-four years later, under the looming shadow of the revolution, what has happened to the hopes of a young girl and the doomed regime in which she grew up?
Download or read book An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers written by Katharina M. Wilson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1991 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ruin of a Princess written by Marie-Thérèse Charlotte Angoulême (duchesse d') and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame DuBarry written by Joan Haslip and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the life of Jeanne, Comtesse du Barry, from her illegitimate birth in 1743, to her rise as the official mistress of Louis XV and the last of the French royal favorites, to her execution during the Reign of Terror
Download or read book Madame de Pompadour written by Charles River Editors and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "After us, the deluge. I care not what happens when I am dead and gone." - Madame de Pompadour Jean Antoinette Poussin, the woman who would become known as Madame de Pompadour, was a middle-class girl of uncertain parenthood who became one of many in a long line of King Louis XV's mistresses before she died at the age of 42. While none of that stands out on its own when it comes to French history and royalty, historians have labeled her "no ordinary king's mistress...She made and unmade ministers, she selected ambassadors, she appointed generals, [and] she conferred pensions and places." In fact, her most savage critics concede her vital importance and historical legacy, even if begrudgingly, as one 1869 magazine noted: "If one could create an expurgated edition of history, one might put Madame de Pompadour out of sight; but alas! the eighteenth century, and even the French Revolution, cannot be understood without taking her into consideration. She was possessed of greater power in Europe than any woman of modern times, with the exception, perhaps, of Elizabeth of England, and Catherine of Russia. She was the Sultana of France for twenty years, with the Sultan in leading-strings. Therefore history, with a blush, is obliged to chronicle the doings of the Pompadour." Indeed, one writer compared her influence to some of the most famous Frenchmen to emerge from non-royal backgrounds: "Except for Bonaparte, and perhaps Robespierre, whose tenures were briefer, and de Gaulle, who was in principle answerable to an electorate, no French commoner-and certainly no woman-ever achieved such imperial sway." King Louis XV reigned for 72 years, and his predecessors had survived multiple palace intrigues and challenges to their thrones, sometimes by their mothers, wives, and members of the court. Louis XV had used Versailles, his grandfather's getaway hunting lodge, to control the nobility and center court life around the king's personality cult. Rather than seek political power, the nobility sought proximity to the king at Versailles as all other venues paled in comparison. In Madame de Pompadour, author Nancy Mitford explained that "all fashion and all fun were gathered together at Versailles. Parisian society, though very middle-class, hummed with life and could be enjoyed from time to time as a change from the Court; the provinces were unthinkable. The heaviest blow that could befall a man was banishment to his estates; this did not only mean loss of place and influence; the exile, condemned to live in the country became ridiculous in the eyes of his friends. Let him embellish his house and garden, let him give expensive parties and make a social and intellectual center for the whole neighborhood, the poor man was a dowdy provincial; he counted for nothing anymore." Given that she was surrounded by glory and merely one of many of Louis XV's mistresses, Madame de Pompadour could have been a footnote in history, but instead, she "made up and enacted an 'aristocratic' and eventually even a courtly identity. Her success at it made her a symbol of erosion of the clear distinctions between classes, and, to members of the 'true' aristocracy, a disturbing reminder of how fragile and ultimately performative those distinctions were." How did this woman rise the social ranks to exert such influence over her king and her country? Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV's Chief Mistress chronicles the colorful and controversial life of one of France's most famous women. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Pompadour like never before.
Download or read book Women of Versailles written by Elizabeth Gilbert Martin and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Women of the French Salons written by Amelia Gere Mason and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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