@article{852309,
      recid = {852309},
      author = {Jones, Colin,},
      title = {Versailles /},
      pages = {vii, 211 pages :},
      abstract = {"Nothing represents the glorious and fraught history of  France quite like the Palace of Versailles. Made famous by  the absolutist king Louis XIV, Versailles became legendary  for the splendor of its revels-but then, after the  Revolution of 1789, it fell into disrepute as a reminder of  royal excess and abuse of power. Subsequent French  governments struggled with how to handle the opulent palace  and grounds-should the site be memorialized, trivialized,  rehabilitated, or even destroyed outright? Drawing on a new  wave of recent research, historian Colin Jones masterfully  traces the evolution of Versailles as a space of royal  politics and aristocratic pleasures, a building of mythic  status, and one of the world's great tourist destinations."  --},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/852309},
}