by Austin-Montenay
Saint-Cloud, une vie de chateau (book)
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Saint-Cloud, a castle life (book) by Florence Austin-Montenay and Jean-Pierre Babelon. Vogèle Edition, 2005. 323 pages. Very good state. Slight creases on the dust jacket. In French.
Between oblivion and misconceptions, the Château de Saint-Cloud is the unknown of the great royal residences of Ile-de-France. Now gone, it was three centuries the scene of events which shook the life of the country; from the assassination of Henry III to the 18th Brumaire, from Marie-Antoinette and Mirabeau to the War of 1870, what hopes and what dramas! A place of power, the Château de Saint-Cloud was nevertheless a house of delights when the brother of Louis nature.
This comprehensive work recreates the adventure of a private castle that became a royal and imperial residence, using a vast wealth of archival documents, memoirs and testimonies and interior photographs. Portraits, paintings, plans, furniture and objects bring to life this prestigious place coldly destroyed more than a hundred years ago. This is how the reader will discover that if the Château de Marly was the whim of a king, Saint-Cloud is the history of France!
Feel free to check out the additional photos at the top left, thank you!
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