Bibliograph

Madame de Pompadour, a life, Evelyne Lever ; translated from the French by Catherine Temerson

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Label

Madame de Pompadour, a life, Evelyne Lever ; translated from the French by Catherine Temerson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Madame de Pompadour

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49225981

Responsibility statement

Evelyne Lever ; translated from the French by Catherine Temerson

Sub title

a life

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Death of a favorite -- Madame d'Etiolles -- A steady rise to the top -- The summer of Fontenoy -- The court -- Debut in this country -- The oracle of the court -- Theater in the private apartments -- Pleasures and days -- A well-trained odalisque -- The Poissonades -- The life I lead is dreadful -- The shadow of Madame de Maintenon -- 1752 : the year of living dangerously -- A duchess high and low -- Patroness of the arts -- The temptation of politics -- Secret negotiations -- Arrangements with the powers on high -- The assassination attempt -- The giddiness of power -- A perpetual combat -- Bernis's fall from grace -- The king, the minister and the Marquise -- One moment, Monsieur le Cure

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