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    Condition
    Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
    Release Year
    2010
    ISBN
    9780312603465
    Category

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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    St. Martin's Press
    ISBN-10
    0312603460
    ISBN-13
    9780312603465
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    77528232

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Versailles : a Biography of a Palace
    Number of Pages
    336 Pages
    Language
    English
    Topic
    Europe / France, History & Theory, History / Baroque & Rococo
    Publication Year
    2010
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Travel, Political Science, Architecture, History
    Author
    Tony Spawforth
    Format
    Trade Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.9 in
    Item Weight
    13.4 Oz
    Item Length
    9.1 in
    Item Width
    6.1 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    Reviews
    "An illuminating portrait." - The New York Times Book Review "Sparkling, elegant prose…. Spawforth brings the palace to glorious life." -Caroline Weber, author of Queen of Fashion "Irresistible to anyone interested in the interactions of power, sexuality, and topography." -Philip Mansel, author of Paris Between Empires, "An illuminating portrait." -- The New York Times Book Review "Sparkling, elegant prose.... Spawforth brings the palace to glorious life." -- Caroline Weber, author of Queen of Fashion "Irresistible to anyone interested in the interactions of power, sexuality, and topography." -- Philip Mansel, author of Paris Between Empires, "An illuminating portrait." -The New York Times Book Review"Sparkling, elegant prose…. Spawforth brings the palace to glorious life." -Caroline Weber, author ofQueen of Fashion"Irresistible to anyone interested in the interactions of power, sexuality, and topography." -Philip Mansel, author ofParis Between Empires
    Dewey Edition
    22
    Dewey Decimal
    944/.3663
    Synopsis
    Called "fast-paced" ( Kirkus Reviews ) and "highly engrossing" ( Publishers Weekly ), this is the behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous palace. The story of Versailles is one of high historical drama mixed with the high camp and glamour of the European courts, all in an iconic home for the French arts. The palace itself has been radically altered since 1789. Versailles sets out to rediscover what is now a vanished world: a great center of power and, for thousands, a home both grand and squalid. Using the latest historical research, Spawforth offers the first full account of Versailles in English in over thirty years. He probes the conventional picture of this "perpetual house party" and gives full weight to the darker side: not just the mounting discomfort of the aging palace but also the intrigue and status anxiety of its aristocrats, as well as the changing place of Versailles in France's national identity since 1789. Many books have told the stories of the royals and artists living in Versailles, but this is the first to turn its focus on the palace itself--from architecture to politics to scandal to restoration.

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