Women of Versailles
Author : Imbert de Saint-Amand
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 26,61 MB
Release : 1893
Category : France
ISBN :
Author : Imbert de Saint-Amand
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 26,61 MB
Release : 1893
Category : France
ISBN :
Author : Imbert de Saint-Amand
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 15,31 MB
Release : 1901
Category : France
ISBN :
Author : Kate Brown
Publisher : Seren
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 41,70 MB
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1781723788
'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?
Author : Imbert de Saint-Amand
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 33,99 MB
Release : 1893
Category : France
ISBN :
Author : Imbert Saint-Amand
Publisher : Case Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 11,16 MB
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446070321
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Arthur Léon baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 23,58 MB
Release : 1900
Category : France
ISBN :
Author : Imbert de Saint-Amand
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 34,90 MB
Release : 1894
Category : France
ISBN :
Author : Arthur Léon baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 1894
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Anne Walthall
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 10,31 MB
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0520941519
Mothers, wives, concubines, entertainers, attendants, officials, maids, drudges. By offering the first comparative view of the women who lived, worked, and served in royal courts around the globe, this work opens a new perspective on the monarchies that have dominated much of human history. Written by leading historians, anthropologists, and archeologists, these lively essays take us from Mayan states to twentieth-century Benin in Nigeria, to the palace of Japanese Shoguns, the Chinese Imperial courts, eighteenth-century Versailles, Mughal India, and beyond. Together they investigate how women's roles differed, how their roles changed over time, and how their histories can illuminate the structures of power and societies in which they lived. This work also furthers our understanding of how royal courts, created to project the authority of male rulers, maintained themselves through the reproductive and productive powers of women.
Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 15,44 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1541921291
Isn’t it amazing how even the littlest things can cause the biggest change? An example would be the Women’s March on Versailles. They were mothers and homemakers who marched the streets demanding bread for their families. This basic family demand became the symbol of one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. Read more about the Women's March on Versailles!