France's Most Famous Palaces: The History and Legacy of Versailles, the Louvre, and the Tuileries
ISBN: 9781975740702
*Includes pictures
*Includes accounts of the construction and history of the palaces
*Includes a bibliography for further reading
In every nation, in every era of history, there are inevitably one or two places that become the symbol of the times. Mention Valley Forge to an American and it will immediately conjure up visions of a hard won fight for freedom. Likewise, the word Dunkirk said to a Briton will elicit a sense of both pride and horror at the lives lost and saved at that desperate point in World War II. For the French, and those who study their history, Versailles is a symbol of, as Charles Dickens once put it, “the best of times…the worst of times.” It was here that the Sun King, Louis XIV, built a palace worthy of a great nation during a time when peace was, at best, short-lived. It was at Versailles that Russian Tsar Peter the Great to study the palace’s architecture and gardens so that he could recreate them in his home country. Indeed, the greatest minds and artistic geniuses of the later stages of the Renaissance came to Versailles to build and paint, and it was here that Madame de Pompedour and her successor, Madame du Barry, used their wit and beauty to charm a king into doing their bidding.
*Includes accounts of the construction and history of the palaces
*Includes a bibliography for further reading
In every nation, in every era of history, there are inevitably one or two places that become the symbol of the times. Mention Valley Forge to an American and it will immediately conjure up visions of a hard won fight for freedom. Likewise, the word Dunkirk said to a Briton will elicit a sense of both pride and horror at the lives lost and saved at that desperate point in World War II. For the French, and those who study their history, Versailles is a symbol of, as Charles Dickens once put it, “the best of times…the worst of times.” It was here that the Sun King, Louis XIV, built a palace worthy of a great nation during a time when peace was, at best, short-lived. It was at Versailles that Russian Tsar Peter the Great to study the palace’s architecture and gardens so that he could recreate them in his home country. Indeed, the greatest minds and artistic geniuses of the later stages of the Renaissance came to Versailles to build and paint, and it was here that Madame de Pompedour and her successor, Madame du Barry, used their wit and beauty to charm a king into doing their bidding.
New World Order by A. Ralph Epperson
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ISBN-10: 0961413514
ISBN-13: 978-0961413514
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History of Edom and Khazaria: The Other Israel
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ISBN-10: 1602810206
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Ta Hmartimena: An erroneous TV report on the history of 1821 (Greek Edition)
An erroneous TV report on the history of 1821
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Publisher : Seaburn (December 1, 2014)
Language : Greek
Paperback : 198 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592325424
ISBN-13 : 978-1592325429
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H Navmahia Tou Navarino (Greek Edition)
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Publisher : Seaburn Books (December 8, 2015)
Language : Greek
Paperback : 142 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592329373
ISBN-13 : 978-1592329373
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