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Author:
Lever, Evelyne.
Title:
Madame de Pompadour : a life / Evelyne Lever ; translated from the French by Catherine Temerson.
Edition:
1st American ed.
Publisher:
FarrarStraus and Giroux,
Copyright Date:
2002
Description:
viii, 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson,--marquise de,--1721-1764.
Louis--XV,--King of France,--1710-1774.
Courts and courtiers--Biography.
Mistresses--Biography.
France--History--1589-1789, Bourbons.
France--Biography.
Other Titles:
Madame de Pompadour. English.
Notes:
Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301) and index.
Summary:
A biography of Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV, discussing her early life, her rise through the ranks of French society, and her influence on the French king, as well as on the culture, politics, and military future of France.
Indexed by:
Kirkus Review, August 2002.
ISBN:
0374113084
9780374113087
LCCN:
2002022811
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

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