The Story of Versailles
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Chapters (32)
- The Story of Versailles
- FRANCIS LORING PAYNE
- NEW YORK
- MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
- 1919
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD THE HALL OF MIRRORS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- A TRAVELER'S REFLECTIONS ON VERSAILLES
- THE STORY OF VERSAILLES
- CHAPTER I
- THE BEGINNINGS OF VERSAILLES
- CHAPTER II
- THE MAKING OF VERSAILLES
- CHAPTER III
- THE LUXURY OF VERSAILLES
- CHAPTER IV
- THE GARDENS, THE FOUNTAINS AND THE GRAND TRIANON
- THE GRAND TRIANON
- CHAPTER V
- A DAY WITH THE SUN KING
- CHAPTER VI
- GOLDEN DAYS AND RED LETTER NIGHTS
- CHAPTER VII
- THE WOMEN OF VERSAILLES
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE VERSAILLES OF LOUIS XV
- CHAPTER IX
- THE TWILIGHT OF THE BOURBON KINGS
- CHAPTER X
- THE SHRINE OF ROYAL MEMORIES, THE SCENE OF WORLD ADJUSTMENTS
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