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Book Hameau de la Reine Marie Antoinette s hideaway

Download or read book Hameau de la Reine Marie Antoinette s hideaway written by Dove Night and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the story on how In 1783 Marie antoinette, Queen of france commissioned an architect and a painter and others to design, and build the hameau de reine ( queen's hamlet at versailles . This book tells on how this hamlet was the queen 's place of intimacy which hurt her reputation

Book Time Out Paris

    Book Details:
  • Author : Editors of Time Out
  • Publisher : Time Out Guides
  • Release : 2012-07-13
  • ISBN : 1846703557
  • Pages : 420 pages

Download or read book Time Out Paris written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Out's resident team helps you get the best from the fascinating French capital in this annual guide. Along with detailed coverage of the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and all the major attractions, Time Out Paris gives you the inside track on local culture, with illuminating features and independent reviews throwing the spotlight on everything from ancient street-corner cafés to vital new nightclubs. The 20th edition of Time Out Paris, written by a resident team of journalists, will help you get through the maze of tiny streets and the seemingly endless range of choices.

Book Fodor s Paris 2024

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2023-10-03
  • ISBN : 1640976310
  • Pages : 540 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Paris 2024 written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to walk to the top of the Eiffel Tower, explore the Louvre, or stroll down the Champs-Élysées, the local Fodor's travel experts in Paris are here to help! Fodor's Paris guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor's Paris travel guide includes: AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time MORE THAN 15 DETAILED MAPS and a FREE PULL-OUT MAP to help you navigate confidently COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “Paris's Best Museums”, “Paris's Best Churches”, “What to Eat and Drink in Paris”, “What to Buy in Paris”, and more TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, and more SPECIAL FEATURES on “The Louvre” and “Versailles” LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems FRENCH LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrases UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Champs-Élysées, Notre-Dame, Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre, Musée d'Orsay, Sacré-Coeur, Versailles, and more. Planning on visiting the rest of France? Check out Fodor's Fodor's Essential France and Fodor's Provence & the French Riviera. *Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

Book Fodor s Paris

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2016-11-08
  • ISBN : 0804143714
  • Pages : 767 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Paris written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Paris is an all-time top destination for travelers, and it's easy to see the allure: the experiences--dining, shopping, museum-going, neighborhood strolling--are all legendary. The new Fodor's Paris captures the best of the City of Light, from the masterful cuisine to the sweeping romance of the Eiffel Tower. This travel guide includes: · Dozens of full-color maps · Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks · Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what’s off the beaten path · Major sights such as the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, Jardin du Luxembourg, Jardin des Tuileries, Arc de Triomphe, Musee d'Orsay, Opera Garnier, Centre Pompidou, Sacre-Coeur and Musee du Louvre · Side Trips from Paris including Versailles, Chartres, and Disneyland Paris · Coverage of The Islands, Eiffel Tower, The Champs-Élysées, Montmartre, The Marais, Les Grands Boulevards, Eastern Paris, The Latin Quarter, St-Germain-des-Prés, Montparnasse and Western Paris Planning to visit more of France? Check out Fodor's travel guides to France and also Provence & the French Riviera.

Book Charlotte Moss Decorates

Download or read book Charlotte Moss Decorates written by Charlotte Moss and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers the designer's insights on eleven projects, from finding her inspiration and making sketches to creating the room and adding finishing touches such as aromatic scents and decorative flowers.

Book Bucket List Europe

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2023-10-24
  • ISBN : 1640976213
  • Pages : 1098 pages

Download or read book Bucket List Europe written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to drink wine in the Bordeaux region of France, eat a Sacher torte in a Viennese cafe, walk through the ruins of Pompeii, party at Oktoberfest in Munich, or soak in the Northern Lights in Iceland, Fodor's travel experts all across Europe are here to help! Fodor's Bucket List Europe: From Epic to Eccentric, 500+ Ultimate Experiences guidebook is packed with carefully curated musts to help you check your European dream to-dos off your travel wishlist and discover quirky and cool extras along the way. It's everything you need to see, do, eat, drink, hike, bike, and brag about! This brand-new title has been designed with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor's Bucket List Europe travel guide includes: 500+ MUSTS COVERING every major European country: 40 countries in all EPIC and OFF-THE-BEATEN PATH selections in every country so that you can be sure you cover the classics and find some surprises, too COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! WHAT TO EAT AND DRINK in each region from quintessential local specialties to local favorites, as well as must-try ice cream, fruit, locally brewed beers, wines, and unique dishes. GREAT ITINERARIES help you make the most of your time whether you're planning a two-week tour of France or an extended itinerary to hit every country in Eastern Europe. Combine recommended touring plans to create that epic European trip filled with Bucket List attractions, food, photo-ops, and fun COOL PLACES TO STAY from historic hotels to the best BnBs and inns. LOCAL WRITERS to make sure you get the best on-the-ground advice on how and when to visit find the under-the-radar gems DOZENS OF MAPS to help orient you in each country and region INCLUDES: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey Planning on visiting more of Europe? Check out Fodor's Essential France, Fodor's Essential Scandinavia, Essential Italy, and Essential Spain. *Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

Book France  United Kingdom  Ireland

Download or read book France United Kingdom Ireland written by Trish Clark and published by Hidden Spring. This book was released on 2009 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fodor s Essential France

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2019-12-10
  • ISBN : 1640971874
  • Pages : 1144 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Essential France written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to climb the Eiffel Tower in Paris, sip wine in Burgundy, or indulge in French cuisine in Lyon, the local Fodor’s travel experts in France are here to help! Fodor’s Essential France guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been FULLY-REDESIGNED with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. GET INSPIRED • AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do • PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on France’s Best Museums, France’s Best Small Towns, and France’s Best Cathedrals and Churches. • COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! • UP-TO-DATE and HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS covering the most recommended sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, and more GET PLANNING • MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time • SPECIAL FEATURES on The Louvre and Versailles • COVERS: Paris, Versailles, Normandy, Burgundy, Lyon, the French Alps, Provence, the French Riviera, Nice, Marseilles, Monaco, Corsica, Bordeaux, and more. GET GOING • MORE THAN 70 DETAILED MAPS AND A FREE PULLOUT MAP to navigate confidently • TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS on when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money • HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS that provide rich context on the politics, art, architecture, cuisine, geography, and more • LOCAL WRITERS who will help you find the under-the-radar gems • FRENCH LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrases Planning on spending more time in France? Check out Fodor’s Paris and Fodor’s Provence and the French Riviera. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us! IMPORTANT NOTE: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images and the pull out map included in the physical edition.

Book Fodor s Paris 2022

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2021-11-02
  • ISBN : 1640974474
  • Pages : 525 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Paris 2022 written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to walk to the top of the Eiffel Tower, explore the Louvre, or stroll down the Champs-Élysées, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Paris are here to help! Fodor’s Paris 2022 guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor’s Paris travel guide includes: AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time MORE THAN 15 DETAILED MAPS and a FREE PULL-OUT MAP to help you navigate confidently COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “Paris’s Best Museums”, “Paris’s Best Churches”, “What to Eat and Drink in Paris”, “What to Buy in Paris”, and more TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, and more SPECIAL FEATURES on “The Louvre” and “Versailles” LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems FRENCH LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrases UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Champs-Élysées, Notre-Dame, Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre, Musée d’Orsay, Sacré-Coeur, Versailles, and more. Planning on visiting the rest of France? Check out Fodor’s Essential France and Fodor’s Provence & the French Riviera. *Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

Book Fodor s Paris 2019

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2018-10-23
  • ISBN : 1640970657
  • Pages : 454 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Paris 2019 written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by locals, Fodor's Paris annual travel guidebook offers expert advice and insider tips for all tastes and budgets to help you make the most out of your visit to Paris. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease. Join Fodor’s in exploring one of the most romantic cities in France and Europe. Paris is an all-time top destination for travelers, and it's easy to see the allure: the experiences - dining, shopping, museum-going, neighborhood strolling - are all legendary. The new Fodor's Paris captures the best of the City of Light, from the masterful cuisine to the sweeping romance of the Eiffel Tower. Fodor’s Paris includes: •UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE: Paris is always changing, and this edition captures the city's hottest new restaurants, hotels, shops, bars, and more. Parisian life, from luxurious finds in Champs-Élysées boutiques to the simple pleasure of the perfect croissant, is covered in dazzling detail. Updated annually to ensure the best and most relevant content. •ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE: A brief introduction and spectacular color photos capture the ultimate experiences and attractions throughout Paris. •FULL-SIZE STREET MAPS: Handy street maps to help you navigate the city. •ILLUSTRATED FEATURES AND GORGEOUS COLOR PHOTOS: Rich color features help you make the most of the city’s top experiences, from visiting awe-inspiring Versailles to seeing top artwork in the Musée du Louvre. Additional color photos help inspire trip planning. •ITINERARIES AND TOP RECOMMENDATIONS: Sample itineraries help you plan and make the most of your time. We include tips on where to eat, stay, and shop as well as information about nightlife and side trips from Paris. Fodor's Choice designates our best picks in every category. •INDISPENSABLE TRIP PLANNING TOOLS: Paris's top attractions are broken down at a glance, as are the top itineraries and what to do with kids or without. Each neighborhood has a convenient overview with highlights and practical advice for getting around and planning a visit. •COVERS: The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Champs-Élysées, Notre-Dame, Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre, Musée d’Orsay, Sacré-Coeur, Versailles, and more. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Planning on visiting the rest of France? Check out Fodor’s France and Fodor’s Provence and the French Riviera.

Book Fodor s Paris 2023

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor’s Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2022-11-01
  • ISBN : 1640975349
  • Pages : 496 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Paris 2023 written by Fodor’s Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to walk to the top of the Eiffel Tower, explore the Louvre, or stroll down the Champs-Élysées, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Paris are here to help! Fodor’s Paris guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor’s Paris travel guide includes: AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time MORE THAN 15 DETAILED MAPS and a FREE PULL-OUT MAP to help you navigate confidently COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “Paris’s Best Museums”, “Paris’s Best Churches”, “What to Eat and Drink in Paris”, “What to Buy in Paris”, and more TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, and more SPECIAL FEATURES on “The Louvre” and “Versailles” LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems FRENCH LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrases UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Champs-Élysées, Notre-Dame, Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre, Musée d’Orsay, Sacré-Coeur, Versailles, and more. Planning on visiting the rest of France? Check out Fodor’s Fodor’s Essential France and Fodor’s Provence & the French Riviera. *Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

Book Time Out Shortlist Paris 2009

Download or read book Time Out Shortlist Paris 2009 written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide takes you straight to the latest venues, tips you off to the news and fashions and gives you the dates that matter. It includes all important openings, event information and calendar for 2009.

Book France  1995

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9780679027799
  • Pages : 566 pages

Download or read book France 1995 written by and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1995 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gold mine of information, fun, adventure, culture, and history, this comprehensive guide includes everything from a Bay Area calendar of events to the warmest places to sit in Candlestick Park. Features restaurants, major sights, neighborhood walks, parks, art museums, galleries, and more.

Book From Marie Antoinette s Garden

Download or read book From Marie Antoinette s Garden written by Elisabeth De Feudeau and published by Flammarion. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A horticultural tour of Marie-Antoinette's domain, the lavishly constructed gardens at Versailles, accompanied by eighteenth-century archival illustrations. Plants, flowers, and trees were Marie-Antoinette's passion; she transformed the Petit Trianon's gardens into an enchanted escape from the oppressive shackles of Versailles. Based on archival documents, this book meanders through Marie-Antoinette's estate as the queen herself would have walked it: traversing hyacinths, buttercups, and anemones in the French Gardens, via winding paths in the Anglo-Chinese Gardens, through the conifers of the Belvedere Gardens--where fabulous nocturnal parties were hosted--past the entrancing aromas of the shrubs surrounding the Temple of Love, to the wildflowers of the Garden of Solitude.

Book Jansen

Download or read book Jansen written by James Archer Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the evolution of Maison Jansen, one of the most

Book Marie Antoinette s Confidante

Download or read book Marie Antoinette s Confidante written by Geri Walton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the woman who befriended the last queen of France—and the price she paid for her devotion. Perhaps no one knew Marie Antoinette better than one of her closest confidantes, Marie Thérèse, the Princess de Lamballe. The princess became superintendent of the queen’s household in 1774, and through her relationship with Marie Antoinette, she gained a unique perspective of the lavishness and daily intrigue at Versailles. Born into the famous House of Savoy in Turin, Italy, Marie Thérèse was married at the age of seventeen to the Prince de Lamballe, heir to one of the richest fortunes in France. He transported her to the gold-leafed and glittering chandeliered halls of the Château de Versailles, where she soon found herself immersed in the political and sexual scandals that surrounded the royal court. As the plotters and planners of Versailles sought, at all costs, to gain the favor of Louis XVI and his queen, the Princess de Lamballe was there to witness it all. This book reveals the Princess de Lamballe’s version of these events and is based on a wide variety of historical sources, helping to capture the waning days and grisly demise of the French monarchy. The story immerses you in a world of titillating sexual rumors, bloodthirsty revolutionaries, and hair-raising escape attempts—a must read for anyone interested in Marie Antoinette, the origins of the French Revolution, or life in the late eighteenth century.

Book France in the Eighteenth Century

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Lacroix
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-01-01
  • ISBN : 9781541371781
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book France in the Eighteenth Century written by Paul Lacroix and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fascinating detail, France in the Eighteenth Century focuses on modern history's most extravagant kingdom and century-France before the Revolution, 1700 to 1789. Lavishly illustrated, it re-creates the splendor and squalor of a fateful era, from the court at Versailles to the filthy back streets of Paris, from royal etiquette to the raucous cries of street peddlers. How the French, rich and poor, dressed, what they ate, how they educated their children, wore their hair, traveled, amused themselves, punished their malefactors-all this and much more comes under the probing eye of Paul Lacroix (1806-1884), Parisian library curator, historian, novelist, playwright, and master of historical detail and trivia. Here are chapters on the lives and courts of the three eighteenth-century kings of France: the last years of the opulent and absolutist Louis XIV, the decadent life of Louis XV, and the well-intentioned reign of the enlightened but blundering Louis XVI. Sections on society, charity, education, fashion, dining, and the theater illustrate the lives of the gentry and bourgeoisie, while street life and Parisian amusements give a picture of the working classes. Chapters on the nobility, the clergy, commerce, finance, and justice outline the functioning-and slow but relentless malfunctioning-of a state and system on the eve of a revolution that would change both France and the world forever. Quotations from contemporary memoirs, diaries, and social commentary add vivid immediacy to Lacroix's portrait of a vanished epoch. This massive treasure of details, newly annotated to provide additional information for the twenty-first-century reader, is an invaluable reference for specialists in the period, for historical researchers, and for any lover of history. This paperback book is an unabridged, fully proofread text of a long-out-of print book. It is not an overpriced facsimile of the original printing, or an unedited OCR scan full of strange misspellings and weirdly misplaced typographical characters. It has been edited to add explanatory footnotes for the 21st-century reader and proofed to eliminate misprints and errors so that it is as clear and readable as the original hardcover edition.