Versailles: A Biography of a Palace

by Tony Spawforth

Book Overview

Called "fast-paced" (Kirkus Reviews) and "highly engrossing" (Publishers Weekly), this is the behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous palace.

The story of Versailles is one of high historical drama mixed with the high camp and glamour of the European courts, all in an iconic home for the French arts. The palace itself has been radically altered since 1789. Versailles sets out to rediscover what is now a vanished...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312603460
• ISBN13: 9780312603465
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"