Women of Versailles: the Court of Louis XIV


Read by Pamela Nagami

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Jean de La Bruyère famously characterized Versailles as "that region where joys were visible but false, and vexations hidden but real." In this witty and scholarly book, Baron Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand explores the solar system of the Sun King with its planets, the women of the court, now orbiting in warm proximity to the monarch, now hurtling away under his glacial disfavor. Here are his neglected queen, Maria Theresa, his imperious mistress, Madame de Montespan, his illegitimate daughters, and his final consort, the pious and influential, Madame de Maintenon.(Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.) (6 hr 36 min)

Chapters

Ch. 1: The Château of Versailles 19:49 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2: Louis XIV, and his Court of 1682 22:23 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 3: Queen Marie Thérèse 21:20 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 1 19:32 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 2 14:07 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 1 12:08 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 2 18:47 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6: The Bavarian Dauphiness 23:44 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7: The Marriage of Madame de Maintenon 19:55 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 1 12:09 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 2 11:39 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9: The Marquise de Caylus 24:08 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10: Madame de Maintenon and the Gentlewomen of Saint-Cyr 17:55 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 1 14:00 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 2 15:29 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 1 12:13 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 2 14:49 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 13: Madame de Maintenon's Letters 16:21 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 14: The Old Age of Madame de Montespan 13:35 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 15: The Daughters of Louis XIV 22:30 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 16: The Duchess of Burgundy, Pt. 1 16:10 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 16: The Duchess of Burgundy, Pt. 2 15:35 Read by Pamela Nagami
Conclusion: The Tombs 18:25 Read by Pamela Nagami