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Madame de Pompadour

Mistress of France
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This biography of the legendary mistress of King Louis XV offers dramatic insight into the life of one of the most enchanting, powerful, and feared women to grace the world's stage. Groomed from an early age to assume the role of a rich man's mistress, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson underwent several transformations before she caught the heart of the king himself. Although accustomed to the king's extramarital relationships, the court was shocked at the sudden ascension of the low-born Mademoiselle Poisson. The newcomer, however, wasted no time in establishing herself as the king's sole confidante and, ultimately, his indispensable partner in affairs of state. The critically acclaimed author of Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, Christine Pevitt Algrant traces Madame de Pompadour from her modest beginnings in early-eighteenth-century Paris to her reign as the undisputed mistress of Versailles. Filled with photographs, and evocative and insightful in its telling, Madame de Pompadour is a seductive portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential women of the age.

Product Details

PublisherGrove Press
Publish DateAugust 05, 2003
Pages352
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780802140357
Dimensions9.6 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches | 1.1 pounds

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"Christine Pevitt Algrant dishes up salacious court gossip as she gets inside her subject's well-coiffed head."

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