Princesse of Versailles

the life of Marie Adelaide of Savoy

by Elliott, Charles

1992 497 pages eng

Versailles had come to life again. For fifteen years Mme. de Maintenon's austerity had cast a gloom over the royal pleasure palace; the disillusioned old king, grown virtuous with advancing age, had adopted an air of piety in deference to his secret wife; the nobility, ever ready to emulate their ma…