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Versailles: A Biography Of A Palace (2008)

by Tony Spawforth(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0312357850 (ISBN13: 9780312357856)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: I enjoyed this book a lot, as it gave me a greater appreciation for what it must have been like to really live there. I have 2 criticisms- 1: I found the way that the author switched between monarchs and time frames a bit confusing to follow. I would have liked his book organized more clearly by theme and chronology. 2: The description of Versailles' 'life' after the Revolution was too brief, I wanted to know more! Still, overall, a good book for people who love to read about France and its royal family.
review 2: Very interesting history of this place. Here is a but from the book which I have to pass along that I found in the chapter called Comforts-or lack of them:“The great advantage of the new device (the toilet) was the absence of smell. A luxurious in... morestallation of marble, porcelain, and mahogany, the king’s was kept so clean that Louis XVI once sat down without noticing an enormous angora cat curled up contentedly in the perfumed bowl. When events galvanized the cat into attacking the sovereign from below, a dazed Louis XVI fled, stockings in hand, ‘ringing all the bell-pulls.’” less

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