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Madame de Pompadour

Mistress of France

By: Christine Pevitt,Christine Pevitt Algrant

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Madame de Pompadour

Mistress of France

By: Christine Pevitt,Christine Pevitt Algrant

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.

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Grove Press

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0802140351

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9780802140357

Douglas Gibson Unedited

On Editing Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, W.O. Mitchell, Mavis Gallant, Jack Hodgins, Alistair MacLeod, Etc

By: Douglas Gibson,Christine Evain

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Douglas Gibson Unedited

On Editing Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, W.O. Mitchell, Mavis Gallant, Jack Hodgins, Alistair MacLeod, Etc

By: Douglas Gibson,Christine Evain

This volume highlights the work of Canadian editor Douglas Gibson, currently working at McClelland & Stewart. It covers a broad spectrum of topics including the difference between publishing fiction and non-fiction and an analysis of the book industry today.

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130

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Peter Lang

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9052013683

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9789052013688

The Creation of the French Royal Mistress

From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry

By: Tracy Adams,Christine Adams

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The Creation of the French Royal Mistress

From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry

By: Tracy Adams,Christine Adams

Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development of the position of French royal mistress through detailed portraits of nine of its most significant incumbents: Agnès Sorel, Anne de Pisseleu d’Heilly, Diane de Poitiers, Gabrielle d’Estrées, Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Françoise d’Aubigné, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, and Jeanne Bécu. Beginning in the fifteenth century, key structures converged to create a space at court for the royal mistress. The first was an idea of gender already in place: that while women were legally inferior to men, they were men’s equals in competence. Because of their legal subordinacy, queens were considered to be the safest regents for their husbands, and, subsequently, the royal mistress was the surest counterpoint to the royal favorite. Second, the Renaissance was a period during which people began to experience space as theatrical. This shift to a theatrical world opened up new ways of imagining political guile, which came to be positively associated with the royal mistress. Still, the role had to be activated by an intelligent, charismatic woman associated with a king who sought women as advisors. The fascinating particulars of each case are covered in the chapters of this book. Thoroughly researched and compellingly narrated, this important study explains why the tradition of a politically powerful royal mistress materialized at the French court, but nowhere else in Europe. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the French monarchy, women and royalty, and gender studies.

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144

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Penn State Press

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0271086424

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9780271086422

Madame de Pompadour

Mistress of France

By: Christine Pevitt,Christine Pevitt Algrant

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Mistress of France

By: Christine Pevitt,Christine Pevitt Algrant

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The Man Who Would Be King

The Life Of Philippe D'orleans, Regent Of France

By: Christine Pevitt

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The Man Who Would Be King

The Life Of Philippe D'orleans, Regent Of France

By: Christine Pevitt

Explores the regent's unconventional personal life, the challenges he faced at home, and his unprecedented foreign policy

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384

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Harper Perennial

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068816983X

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9780688169831

Philippe, Duc D'Orleans

Regent of France

By: Christine Pevitt

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Philippe, Duc D'Orleans

Regent of France

By: Christine Pevitt

A biography of the true ruler of France after the death of Louis XIV explores his unconventional personal life, the challenges he faced at home, and his unprecedented foreign policy

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0871136953

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9780871136954

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Madame de Pompadour

Madame de Pompadour

Douglas Gibson Unedited

Douglas Gibson Unedited

The Creation of the French Royal Mistress

The Creation of the French Royal Mistress

Madame de Pompadour

Madame de Pompadour

The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King

Philippe, Duc D'Orleans

Philippe, Duc D'Orleans

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