Madame de Pompadour |
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| Author:
| Mitford, Nancy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-09-952887-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Imprint: | Arrow |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'. Nancy Mitford lovingly tells the story of how the little girl rose, against a backdrop of savage social-climbing, intrigue, excess and high drama, to become the most powerful women of the eighteenth century French court, Le Pompadour.
When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'. Nancy Mitford lovingly tells the story of how the little girl rose, against a backdrop of savage social-climbing, intrigue, excess and high drama, to become the most powerful women of the eighteenth century French court, Le Pompadour.