Marie Antoinette's world : intrigue, infidelity, and adultery in Versailles /: intrigue, infidelity, and adultery in Versailles. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Will Bashor.
• Authors: Bashor, Will
• Contents: Author’s Note ; ; Introduction ; ; Family Tree ; ; Chronology ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: Enigmatic Versailles ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">1 Louis XIII’s Château of Debauchery ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">2 Louis XIV’s Reign of Bosoms and Cockles of the Heart ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">3 The <span style="font-style:italic;">Parc-aux-Cerfs : Louis XV’s Private Bordello ; ; À Savoir: Marie Antoinette’s Handwriting (Vienna, Austria) ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: Marie Antoinette, Dauphine of France (1770–1774) ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">4 The Strawberry Blonde Arrives ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">5 New Friends, New Enemies, and the <span style="font-style:italic;">Princes Charmants ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">6 Fans and the Art of Seduction ; ; À Savoir: Marie Antoinette’s Handwriting (1770–1774) ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part III: The Barren Queen’s Temptations (1774–1778) ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">7 Gallant Pursuers ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">8 Décampativos and Risky Diversions ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">9 Questionable Relationships with Women ; ; À Savoir: Marie Antoinette’s Handwriting (1774–1778) ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part IV: The Queen’s Regrets (1778–1792) ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">10 Charlot and Toinette’s Love Affairs: A Play Stolen from V—— ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">11 The Austrian Woman on the RAMPAGE, or the Royal Orgy: An Operatic Proverb ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">12 Description of the Royal Menagerie of Living Animals ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">13 Filth, Sex, and Erotica in Magnificence ; ;  À Savoir: Marie Antoinette’s Handwriting (1778–1792) ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part V: A Queen Dethroned and Diseased (1792–1793) ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">14 Maladies Vénériennes at the Court of Versailles ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">15 Maladies Vénériennes and the Unthinkable ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">16 Cancer Rising and Sun in Scorpio ; ;  À Savoir: Marie Antoinette’s Handwriting (1792–1793) ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part VI: The Verdict ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">17 The Last Testament ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">18 Guilty? ; ; Acknowledgments ; ; Notes <br />; Selected Bibliography ; ; List of Illustrations and Credits ; ; Index ; ; About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 944.035092; Queens -- France; France -- Court and courtiers -- Social life and customs -- 18th century; France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799; Family; Friends and associates
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538138250
• Related ISBNs: 9781538138243
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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