The Secret History of the Court of France under Louis XV
Author : Challice
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Page : 498 pages
File Size : 16,85 MB
Release : 1861
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Author : Challice
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Page : 498 pages
File Size : 16,85 MB
Release : 1861
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Author : Annie Emma Challice
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Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,85 MB
Release : 1861
Category : France
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Author : John CHALLICE
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Page : 498 pages
File Size : 49,74 MB
Release : 1861
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Author : Elisabeth de Feydeau
Publisher : Tauris Parke
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0755647149
The untold story of Marie-Antoinette's perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon. Montpellier, 1748: Jean-Louis Fargeon is born into a family of perfumers and soon becomes apprentice to his father's modest perfumery. But he dreams of the glittering court of Versailles and of becoming perfumer to the young queen, Marie Antoinette. His ambition carried him to Paris where his boutique became one of the most elegant and well-patronised in France. Concocting sumptuous perfumes and pomades for most of the French nobility, Fargeon eventually caught the attention of the queen. After meeting Marie Antoinette in the Trianon Palace, he began creating lavish bespoke scents that perfectly reflected her moods and personality. He served as her personal and exclusive perfumer for fourteen years until 1789 when the darkness of Revolution swept across France, its wrath aimed at the extravagance of a now hated queen. Fargeon, a lifelong supporter of the Republican cause but a purveyor to the court, was in a dangerous position. Yet he remained fiercely loyal to Marie Antoinette, beyond her desperate flight to Varennes, her execution and even through his own imprisonment and trial...
Author : Calcutta (India). Imperial library
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Page : 568 pages
File Size : 20,21 MB
Release : 1908
Category : India
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Author : New Zealand gen. assembly, libr
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Page : 498 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 1885
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Author : Imperial Library, Calcutta
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Page : 570 pages
File Size : 33,43 MB
Release : 1908
Category : India
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Author : Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 21,7 MB
Release : 2001-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226473208
The Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755) was a self-obsessed courtier and chronicler of court life under Louis XIV. Drawing heavily on his memoirs, historian Ladurie offers a wonderful portrait of life with Louis, focusing on issues of hierarchy and rank in this tightly controlled universe. Illustrations.
Author : St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
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Page : 794 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 1874
Category : Subscription libraries
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Author : Saint Louis (Mo.). Mercantile Library
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Page : 792 pages
File Size : 22,12 MB
Release : 1874
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