Women of Versailles: The Court of Louis XIV

Women of Versailles: The Court of Louis XIV

Por: Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand
http://www.adfreebooks.com - 500+ audiobooks, all ad freeJean de La Bruyère famously characterized Versailles as "that region where joys were visible but false, and vexations hidden but real." In this witty and scholarly book, Baron Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand explores the solar system of the Sun King with its planets, the women of the court, now orbiting in warm proximity to the monarch, now hurtling away under his glacial disfavor. Here are his neglected queen, Maria Theresa, his imperious mistress, Madame de Montespan, his illegitimate daughters, and his final consort, the pious and influential, Madame de Maintenon.(
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Latest episodes of the podcast Women of Versailles: The Court of Louis XIV

Ch. 1: The Château of Versailles 01/10/2023
Ch. 2: Louis XIV, and his Court of 1682 02/10/2023
Ch. 3: Queen Marie Thérèse 03/10/2023
Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 1 04/10/2023
Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 2 05/10/2023
Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 1 06/10/2023
Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 2 07/10/2023
Ch. 6: The Bavarian Dauphiness 08/10/2023
Ch. 7: The Marriage of Madame de Maintenon 09/10/2023
Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 1 10/10/2023
Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 2 11/10/2023
Ch. 9: The Marquise de Caylus 12/10/2023
Ch. 10: Madame de Maintenon and the Gentlewomen of Saint-Cyr 13/10/2023
Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 1 14/10/2023
Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 2 15/10/2023
Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 1 16/10/2023
Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 2 17/10/2023
Ch. 13: Madame de Maintenon's Letters 18/10/2023
Ch. 14: The Old Age of Madame de Montespan 19/10/2023
Ch. 15: The Daughters of Louis XIV 20/10/2023
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