Product Description

First published in 1954, this is an evocation of Louis XV's court at Versailles. The political and religious complications of the time are explained and put into context, while the complex characters are brought vividly to life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #199234 in Books
• Published on: 1995-02-23
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Sex and the City, Versailles 1760
This has to be one of my favourite novels of all time. It was the first book I read by Mitford and introduced me to her other works, such as Love in a cold climate, which are based largely on her childhood experiences growing up in English aristocratic society between the wars. It soon becomes clear that Mitford writes about Mme de Pompadour in a semi-autobiographical way. Mme de Pompadour lives and breathes in the hands of Mitford, her delicious lifestyle described in intricate detail. Mitford does not dwell on facts and figures, rather she depicts what it must have been like to actually live in the claustrophobic, poisonous and utterly glamourous world of Versailles.

Dresses, hairstyles, shoes, wars and social scandals are each discussed with equal seriousness ... If you can relate to that, then you will love this book!

Delightful!
This book was as charming as Madame de Pompadour herself seems to have been. For a biography, it was remarkably easy and fun to read.