| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
viii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index. |
| Contents |
Death of a favorite -- Madame d'Etiolles -- A steady rise to the top -- The summer of Fontenoy -- The court -- Debut in this country -- The oracle of the court -- Theater in the private apartments -- Pleasures and days -- A well-trained odalisque -- The Poissonades -- The life I lead is dreadful -- The shadow of Madame de Maintenon -- 1752 : the year of living dangerously -- A duchess high and low -- Patroness of the arts -- The temptation of politics -- Secret negotiations -- Arrangements with the powers on high -- The assassination attempt -- The giddiness of power -- A perpetual combat -- Bernis's fall from grace -- The king, the minister and the Marquise -- One moment, Monsieur le Cure. |
| Subject |
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764.
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Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 -- Relations with women.
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Favorites, Royal -- France -- Biography.
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France -- Kings and rulers -- Paramours -- Biography.
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France -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774.
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| Added Title |
Madame de Pompadour. English
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| ISBN |
0374113084 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780374113087 hardcover alkaline paper |
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