These Old Shades more books like this

by Georgette Heyer

When Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, rescues a beautiful orphan from life on the streets it is for one reason only--to use her to get revenge on his enemy Comte de Saint Vire. Sure that the street urchin is Comte's illegitimate daughter, Justin plans to present her to society, expose her past, and destroy her father in the process. However, ...

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Madame de Pompadour: A Life more books like this

by Evelyne Lever, Catherine Temerson (Translator)

In this sumptuous biography, Lever traces the enduring friendship between the monarch Louis XV and his favorite mistress Jeanne Antoinette Pompadour, and the far-reaching implications--both personal and political--of their relationship. Illustrations.

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France Before the Revolution more books like this

by J H Shennan

Since the first appearance of this book in 1983, the bicentenary of the French Revolution has been celebrated. In order to make contemporary sense of that momentous and dramatic event, historians have re-examined the world of 18th-century France. This fully revised second edition takes account of this and of other historical work produced during ...

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Madame de Pompadour: Mistress of France more books like this

by Christine Pevitt Algrant

This historical biography of the woman who became Louis XV's mistress, tells how she was groomed by her family to be the instrument by which they could acquire influence and power. She fulfilled their wishes, wielded enormous power in the court, and was despised by the French people for her calculating personality and scandalous behavior.

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The Ancien Régime more books like this

by C. B. A. Behrens

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Louis the Beloved: The Life of Louis XV more books like this

by Olivier Bernier

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Memoirs: Duc de Saint-Simon: Volume III, 1715-1723 more books like this

by Lucy Norton (Editor)

This is the third volume in Lucy Norton's three-volume abridgement and translation of the the memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon, first published in the 1960s. The court of Louis XIV, the Sun King, at Versailles was unequalled for splendour in Europe's history, a hotbed of intrigues and jealousy, passion both political and personal, as well as ...

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Louis XV's Army (1): Cavalry & Dragoons more books like this

by Rene Chartrand, Eugene Lelliepvre (Illustrator), Eugene Leliepvre (Illustrator)

France had a population of between 22 and 25 million at this time, and maintained the largest standing army in Europe. In peacetime it might have amounted to about 200,000 men; in times of war, it could be anything up to half a million. A substantial part of Louis XV's army consisted of numerous regiments of guard cavalry, heavy cavalry and ...

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Louis XV: The Monarchy in Decline more books like this

by George Peabody Gooch

The author gives a detailed account of the influence exercised on the mind of young King Louis XV by the Regent and the ministers, and by his mistresses, especially DuBarry and Pompadour.

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Le joli temps : philosophes et artistes sous la Régence et Louis XV, 1715-1774 more books like this

by Jean-Noël Vuarnet

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Louis XV's Army (3): Foreign Infantry more books like this

by Rene Chartrand, Eugene Leliepvre (Illustrator), Eugene Lellepvre

A study of the uniforms, equipment and role of foreign infantry in the army of Louis XV. In terms of skill and sheer numbers, they were considered as making up for the perceived weaknesses of the French soldier.

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Louis XV more books like this

by Michel Antoine

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Eighteenth-century France, six essays more books like this

by Frederick Charles Green

Text extracted from opening pages of book: PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD V JOHN LAW I ANGLOMANIACS AND FRANCOPHILES 29 L'ABBE COYER A SOCIETY IN TRANSITION .... 70 VOLTAIRE'S GREATEST ENEMY in PLAYHOUSES 155 THE CENSORSHIP * 94 Vll JOHN LAW IN the closing days of December, seventeen hundred and twenty, a post-chaise, emblazoned ...

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Olympe de Cleves more books like this

by Alexandre Dumas

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La scandaleuse Madame de Tencin, 1682-1749 more books like this

by René de La Croix Castries, duc de

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Madame de Pompadour more books like this

by Evelyne Lever

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Royal spy : the strange case of the Chevalier d'Eon more books like this

by Edna Nixon

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Le Siècle de Louis XV [i.e. quinze] more books like this

by Pierre Gaxotte

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The old régime : court, salons and theatres more books like this

by Catherine Hannah Charlotte Elliott Jackson, lady

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Madame de Pompadour, ou, Le pouvoir féminin more books like this

by Danielle Gallet-Guerne

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Le régent ; libéral et libertin more books like this

by Eric Le Nabour

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The private life of Louis XV more books like this

by Mouffle d'Angerville, Albert Meyrac

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Que passe la justice du Roi : vie, procès et supplice du chevalier de La Barre more books like this

by Max Gallo

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Louis XV et Damiens more books like this

by Jacques Delaye

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La Princesse palatine more books like this

by Arlette Lebigre

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