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Title
Versailles / Colin Jones.
Author
Jones, Colin, 1947- author.
ISBN
9781541673380 (hardcover)
1541673387
1541673387
Published
New York, NY : Basic Books, 2018.
Language
English
Description
vii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Call Number
DC801.V57 J66 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
944/.3663
Summary
"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." -- Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index.
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Table of Contents
Creating: from house of cards to fairy-tale palace
Mythologising: the golden era (1682-1715)
Continuing: the Bourbon successorion (1715-1789)
Living: styles of Versailles life
Republicanising: in search of a new role
Conserving: Versailles, curation and heritage.
Mythologising: the golden era (1682-1715)
Continuing: the Bourbon successorion (1715-1789)
Living: styles of Versailles life
Republicanising: in search of a new role
Conserving: Versailles, curation and heritage.