Women of Versailles: The Court of Louis XIV
Un pódcast de Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand
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Ch. 3: Queen Marie Thérèse
Publicado: 3/10/2023 -
Ch. 2: Louis XIV, and his Court of 1682
Publicado: 2/10/2023 -
Ch. 1: The Château of Versailles
Publicado: 1/10/2023
http://www.adfreebooks.com - 500+ audiobooks, all ad freeJean de La Bruyère famously characterized Versailles as "that region where joys were visible but false, and vexations hidden but real." In this witty and scholarly book, Baron Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand explores the solar system of the Sun King with its planets, the women of the court, now orbiting in warm proximity to the monarch, now hurtling away under his glacial disfavor. Here are his neglected queen, Maria Theresa, his imperious mistress, Madame de Montespan, his illegitimate daughters, and his final consort, the pious and influential, Madame de Maintenon.(