Versailles - by Catherine Pégard (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Versailles is one of the most photographed places in the world, but only four people have the privilege of being the palace's official photographers. They have uniquely unfettered access to the secrets that lie within, outside and beneath this enormous domain where they spend their days--and sometimes their nights. Here, for the first time, they open their personal albums to offer a wealth of impressions and responses. Two hundred and fifty previously unpublished photographs reveal a plethora of outstanding artworks, the private apartments of Louis XIV, Marie-Antoinette and Madame de Pompadour, magnificent galleries, the delightful Orangerie and mysterious passages and hidden attics, all accompanied by texts that present a lively introduction to daily life at the chãateau and its momentous history"--From publisher description.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Versailles is one of the most photographed places in the world. Yet masses of tourists make it virtually impossible to imagine the splendor of the palace as it existed from the time of Louis XIV, the Sun King, in the 17th century, until the fall of Napoleon III in 1870. Now, four talented photographers were granted unlimited access to Versailles when the château was closed to visitors, and their work allows privileged access not only to the private suites of Louis XV, the boudoirs of Marie-Antoinette and Madame de Pompadour, the celebrated Hall of Mirrors, the Royal Chapel, the charming Orangerie, and Marie Antoinette's bucolic Hamlet, but also to mysterious chambers and hushed apartments never normally seen. Captions describe daily life at Versailles and the momentous events that have taken place there, all published in a sumptuous oversize format befitting its majestic subject. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Gilded splendor springs eternal."-- "Elle Decor"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Catherine Pégard</b> has been the president of the Château du Versailles' supervisory board since 2011. Previously, she was a journalist and cultural advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy. <p/><b>Christophe Fouin, Thomas Garnier, Christian Milet, </b> and <b>Didier Saulnier</b> are photographers based in Paris and Versailles
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