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Hanneke. 350 reviews 419 followers. October 28, 2017. An enjoyable biography of that greatest of all courtisanes, Madame de Pompadour, told in the extremely posh voice of Nancy Mitford. Nancy Mitford is through her own aristocratic upbringing very apt in commenting on the ways of the French court and courtiers.
Madame De Pompadour. Hardcover – January 1, 1968. by Nancy MITFORD (Author) 4.2 185 ratings. See all formats and editions. Biography. Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764, was a member of the French court and was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from ...
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Jan 1, 2011 · Madame de Pompadour. Paperback – International Edition, January 1, 2011. When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'. Nancy Mitford lovingly tells the story of how the little girl ...
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www.heywoodhill.com. ‘High-rouged, unfortunate female,’ said Carlyle of Madame de Pompadour, ‘of whom it is not proper to speak without necessity.’. Happily, Nancy Mitford considers it necessary to speak about Louis XV’s mistress in detail. In a lively combination of history and character study, she describes the life of La Pompadour ...
Mar 12, 2001 · Nancy Mitford's biography of Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV's brilliant mistress, is a Mitford tour de force. Although Nancy Mitford sometimes intrudes her own personality into the narrative - her admiration and sympathy for Pompadour are plain - this is no bad thing, given her formidable knowledge of France and French history.
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Oct 6, 2011 · Madame de Pompadour. When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'. Nancy Mitford lovingly tells the story of how the little girl rose, against a backdrop of savage social-climbing ...
A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aristocrat, she was physically too cold for the carnal Bourbon king, and had so many enemies that she could not travel publicly without risking a pelting of mud and stones. History has loved her little better.Nancy Mitford’s delightfully candid biography re-creates the spirit of eighteenth-century ...
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