A tremendously interesting post from novelist Catherine Delors’ blog, Versailles and More:
Marie-Anne-Victoire, the Infanta-Queen: Louis XV’s little fiancee
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Mar 182009
This is funny: The president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, hates the classic 17th century novel “La Princesse de Cléves,” so French people are reportedly flocking to read it as a form of political protest.
If you’re feeling rebellious, too, you can read an English translation of “The Princess of Cleves” at the Project Gutenberg site. (It’s free.) The book is also available at Amazon.com in French and English.
Jan 092009
French president Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly wants to abolish the legal system of the “examining magistrates… created by the Emperor Napoleon in 1808.”
Aug 192008
From the blog Writing the Renaissance: Dining with the dead
“The head gardener at the Palace of Versailles, Alain Baraton, is defying traditionalists.”
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