A fascinating and fresh interpretation of the life of Philippe d'Orleans and a portrait of a brilliant and glomorous time in  history.  Philippe D'Orleans had been a rebel at the court of Versailles, delighting in flouting convention and flaunting his vice. The  focus on his lurid reputation led many historians to overlook his achievements. Libertine he may have been, but he was also a  great Liberal and gallantly pursued a goal of peace and prosperity for all his fellow countrymen while beset by conspiracies,  plots and intrigues. Patron of Watteau and the young Voltaire, Philippe D'Orleans was a modernising patrician whose Regency was  was both glamorous and a fascinating transition period in the history of a nation. This biography sheds a new light on the man and his times.

The Man Who Would Be King : Life of Philippe D'Orleans, Regent of France

Pevitt Algrant, Christine

Biographies & Memoirs

Phoenix Giant

<p>This biography of the legendary mistress of King Louis XV offers dramatic insight into the life of one of the most enchanting, powerful, and feared women to grace the world's stage. Groomed from an early age to assume the role of a rich man's mistress, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson underwent several transformations before she caught the heart of the king himself. Although accustomed to the king's extramarital relationships, the court was shocked at the sudden ascension of the low-born Mademoiselle Poisson. The newcomer, however, wasted no time in establishing herself as the king's sole confidante and, ultimately, his indispensable partner in affairs of state. The critically acclaimed author of Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, Christine Pevitt Algrant traces Madame de Pompadour from her modest beginnings in early-eighteenth-century Paris to her reign as the undisputed mistress of Versailles. Filled with photographs, and evocative and insightful in its telling, Madame de Pompadour is a seductive portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential women of the age.</p>

Madame de Pompadour: Mistress of France

Community & Culture

GROVE PRESS

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The Man Who Would Be King : Life of Philippe D'Orleans, Regent of France

Madame de Pompadour: Mistress of France