Women of Versailles: The Court of Louis XIV
A podcast by Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand
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23 Episodes
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Conclusion: The Tombs
Published: 20/10/2023 -
Ch. 16: The Duchess of Burgundy, Pt. 2
Published: 20/10/2023 -
Ch. 16: The Duchess of Burgundy, Pt. 1
Published: 20/10/2023 -
Ch. 15: The Daughters of Louis XIV
Published: 20/10/2023 -
Ch. 14: The Old Age of Madame de Montespan
Published: 19/10/2023 -
Ch. 13: Madame de Maintenon's Letters
Published: 18/10/2023 -
Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 2
Published: 17/10/2023 -
Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 1
Published: 16/10/2023 -
Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 2
Published: 15/10/2023 -
Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 1
Published: 14/10/2023 -
Ch. 10: Madame de Maintenon and the Gentlewomen of Saint-Cyr
Published: 13/10/2023 -
Ch. 9: The Marquise de Caylus
Published: 12/10/2023 -
Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 2
Published: 11/10/2023 -
Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 1
Published: 10/10/2023 -
Ch. 7: The Marriage of Madame de Maintenon
Published: 09/10/2023 -
Ch. 6: The Bavarian Dauphiness
Published: 08/10/2023 -
Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 2
Published: 07/10/2023 -
Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 1
Published: 06/10/2023 -
Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 2
Published: 05/10/2023 -
Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 1
Published: 04/10/2023
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.(