Fine Books
Versailles, a castle for women
GK197478
Written in French.
Between pomp, etiquette, grandiose parties and daily life, representation and intimacy, work, service, petty intrigues and grand politics, what kind of Versailles did women live in for over three centuries?
This guide offers to follow them through the castle and the estate: from Marie-Thérèse of Austria, the self-effacing wife of Louis XIV, to the king's influential mistresses, from the mischievousness of the young Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy to the sovereign poise of Marie Leszczynska, from her eight daughters - the irreducible Mesdames - to Marie-Antoinette, dauphine and then queen, without forgetting, as far as possible, the friends, the superintendents, the ladies-in-waiting, the ladies-in-waiting and the palace ladies, the merchants and the artists.
Through these characters, sometimes in the shadows,
sometimes in the shadows, sometimes in full light, thanks to the portraits, settings and objects, the reader is taken on a journey of discovery of another Versailles, off the beaten track.
This book, which combines period works and contemporary views, is punctuated by thematic points that shed light on a personality, highlight a particular fact, or give a glimpse of the unexpected aspect of a place steeped in history.
Written in French.
176 pages / 150 illustrations
Coédition Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais / Château de Versailles
