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Author : Annie Emma Challice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Memories of French Palaces written by Annie Emma Challice and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. E. Challice
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368125478
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (681 download)
Download or read book Memories of French Palaces written by A. E. Challice and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
Author : Annie Emma Armstrong Challice
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781340648886
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)
Download or read book Memories of French Palaces written by Annie Emma Armstrong Challice and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Anthony Metivier
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781511462907
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book How to Learn and Memorize French Vocabulary written by Anthony Metivier and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this jam-packed resource, Anthony Metivier walks you through everything you could possibly need to know about how to learn and memorize French vocabulary.
Author : Alain Baraton
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847842703
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
Download or read book The Gardener of Versailles written by Alain Baraton and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “eccentric and charming” love letter to Versailles Palace and its storied grounds, by the man who knows them best—for gardening lovers and Francophiles (New York Times) Tour Versailles’ 2,100 acres as its gardener-in-chief describes its fascinating history and his 40 years of living and working in the gardens. In Alain Baraton’s Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its grounds, and since 1982 he has devoted his life to the gardens, orchards, and fields that were loved by France’s kings and queens as much as the palace itself. His memoir captures the essence of the connection between gardeners and the earth they tend, no matter how humble or grand. With the charm of a natural storyteller, Baraton weaves his own path as a gardener with the life of the Versailles grounds, and his role overseeing its team of 80 gardeners tending to 350,000 trees and 30 miles of walkways across 2,100 acres. He richly evokes this legendary place and the history it has witnessed but also its quieter side that he feels privileged to know: The same gardens that hosted the lavish lawn parties of Louis XIV and the momentous meeting between Marie Antoinette and the Cardinal de Rohan remain enchanted—private places where visitors try to get themselves locked in at night, lovers go looking for secluded hideaways, and elegant grandmothers secretly make cuttings to take back to their own gardens. A tremendous bestseller in France, The Gardener of Versailles gives an unprecedentedly intimate view of one of the grandest places on earth.
Author : Antony Spawforth
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312357850
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)
Download or read book Versailles written by Antony Spawforth and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-reaching history of the old-regime palace evaluates eighteenth-century political and social aspects that have influenced modern France, in an account that covers such topics as the "perpetual house party," the consequences of the monarchy's relocation to Versailles, and the role of the palace in French national identity. 20,000 first printing.
Author : Ian Dunlop
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Royal Palaces of France written by Ian Dunlop and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1985 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Milburg Francisco Mansfield
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465544348
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Royal Palaces and Parks of France written by Milburg Francisco Mansfield and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1910-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern traveller sees something beyond mere facts. Historical material as identified with the life of some great architectural glory is something more than a mere repetition of chronologies; the sidelights and the co-related incidents, though indeed many of them may be but hearsay, are quite as interesting, quite as necessary, in fact, for the proper appreciation of a famous palace or chateau as long columns of dates, or an evolved genealogical tree which attempts to make plain that which could be better left unexplained. The glamour of history would be considerably dimmed if everything was explained, and a very seamy block of marble may be chiselled into a very acceptable statue if the workman but knows how to avoid the doubtful parts. An itinerary that follows not only the ridges, but occasionally plunges down into the hollows and turns up or down such crossroads as may have chanced to look inviting, is perhaps more interesting than one laid out on conventional lines. A shadowy something, which for a better name may be called sentiment, if given full play encourages these side-steps, and since they are generally found fruitful, and often not too fatiguing, the procedure should be given every encouragement. Not all the interesting royal palaces and chateaux of France are those with the best known names. Not all front on Paris streets and quays, no more than the best glimpses of ancient or modern France are to be had from the benches of a sight-seeing automobile. Versailles, and even Fontainebleau, are too frequently considered as but the end of a half-day pilgrimage for the tripper. It were better that one should approach them more slowly, and by easy stages, and leave them less hurriedly. As for those architectural monuments of kings, which were tuned in a minor key, they, at all events, need to be hunted down on the spot, the enthusiast being forearmed with such scraps of historic fact as he can gather beforehand, otherwise he will see nothing at Conflans, Marly or Bourg-la-Reine which will suggest that royalty ever had the slightest concern therewith. Dealing first with Paris it is evident it is there that the pilgrim to French shrines must make his most profound obeisance. This applies as well to palaces as to churches. In all cases one goes back into the past to make a start, and old Paris, what there is left of it, is still old Paris, though one has to leave the grand boulevards to find this out. Colberts and Haussmanns do not live to-day, or if they do they have become so "practical" that a drainage canal or an overhead or underground railway is more of a civic improvement than the laying out of a public park, like the gardens of the Tuileries, or the building and embellishment of a public edifice—at least with due regard for the best traditions. When the monarchs of old called in men of taste and culture instead of "business men" they builded in the most agreeable fashion. We have not improved things with our "systems" and our committees of "hommes d'affaires."
Author : Detroit Public Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book General Catalogue of the Books Except Fiction, French, and German, in the Public Library of Detroit, Mich written by Detroit Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Hollis
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619025620
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Memory Palace written by Edward Hollis and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant, ambitious follow–up to The Secret Lives of Buildings, in which Hollis turns his focus from the great architectural constructions of the past to the now–vanished chambers they once contained. The rooms we live in are always more than just four walls. As we decorate these spaces and fill them with objects and friends, they shape our lives and become the backdrop to our sense of self. one day, the structures will be gone, but even then, traces of the stories and the memories they contained will persist. In this dazzling work of imaginative reconstruction, edward Hollis takes us to the sites of great abodes now lost to history and piecing together the fragments that remain, re–creates their vanished chambers. From Rome's palatine to the old palace of Westminster and the petit Trianon at Versailles, from the sets of MGM studios in Hollywood to the pavilions of the Crystal palace and the author's own grandmother's sitting room, The Memory Palace is a glittering treasure trove of luminous forgotten places and the alluring people who lived in them.
Author : Joel Dorman Steele
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Brief History of France written by Joel Dorman Steele and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385212529
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (852 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of France written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of France written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Free Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Finding List of the Apprentices' Library ... written by General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Free Library and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles River Editors
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781543109153
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Versailles written by Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary descriptions of Versailles and its construction *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Growing up in Versailles is like growing up in a museum, and the people living there are almost the security." - Thomas Mars In every nation, in every era of history, there are inevitably one or two places that become the symbol of the times. Mention Valley Forge to an American and it will immediately conjure up visions of a hard won fight for freedom. Likewise, the word Dunkirk said to a Briton will elicit a sense of both pride and horror at the lives lost and saved at that desperate point in World War II. For the French, and those who study their history, Versailles is a symbol of, as Charles Dickens once put it, "the best of times...the worst of times." It was here that the Sun King, Louis XIV, built a palace worthy of a great nation during a time when peace was, at best, short-lived. It was at Versailles that Russian Tsar Peter the Great to study the palace's architecture and gardens so that he could recreate them in his home country. Indeed, the greatest minds and artistic geniuses of the later stages of the Renaissance came to Versailles to build and paint, and it was here that Madame de Pompedour and her successor, Madame du Barry, used their wit and beauty to charm a king into doing their bidding. However, as history constantly demonstrates, nothing good lasts forever, and so it was with Versailles. From the royal palace, Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette frittered away the goodwill of their people, leading to the French Revolution and their executions. Here the mobs amassed to demand "freedom, equality and brotherhood," but mainly a piece or two of pilfered bric-a-brac. In the wake of the French Revolution, the palace was gutted and most of the beautiful reminders of its glory were sold away, along with the monarchy's birthright and the concept of the "divine right of kings." While the palace was neglected for a time, its original workmen had done their jobs well enough that it managed to weather both time and the political storms that raged around it during the early 19th Century. In fact, it seems as though Versailles was destined to survive, if only so that such a thing of beauty wouldn't be lost forever. Even as he focused on the rest of Europe, Napoleon felt the need to save Versailles, and over time it was restored to its original glory, if not its original purpose; no monarch has lived in Versailles for a long time. Instead, there is a republic, and with it a sense that the palace, once available only for the wealthy few, is now a place for people across the world to come and enjoy the splendor of a bygone era that, while not exactly missed, can nonetheless still be appreciated. Versailles: The History and Legacy of France's Most Famous Royal Palace chronicles the remarkable history of one of the world's most famous palaces and tourist spots. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about Versailles like never before.
Author : Ontario. Legislative Library
Publisher : Toronto: Warwick & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Parliament of Ontario written by Ontario. Legislative Library and published by Toronto: Warwick & Sons. This book was released on 1891 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ontario. Legislative Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalog of the Library of the Parliament of Ontario written by Ontario. Legislative Library and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
