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Women of Versailles: the Court of Louis XIV

Gelesen von 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

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Ch. 2: Louis XIV, and his Court of 1682

22:23

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Ch. 3: Queen Marie Thérèse

21:20

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Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 1

19:32

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Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 2

14:07

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Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 1

12:08

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Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 2

18:47

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Ch. 6: The Bavarian Dauphiness

23:44

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Ch. 7: The Marriage of Madame de Maintenon

19:55

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Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 1

12:09

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Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 2

11:39

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Ch. 9: The Marquise de Caylus

24:08

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Ch. 10: Madame de Maintenon and the Gentlewomen of Saint-Cyr

17:55

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Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 1

14:00

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Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 2

15:29

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Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 1

12:13

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Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 2

14:49

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Ch. 13: Madame de Maintenon's Letters

16:21

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Ch. 14: The Old Age of Madame de Montespan

13:35

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Ch. 15: The Daughters of Louis XIV

22:30

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Ch. 16: The Duchess of Burgundy, Pt. 1

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Ch. 16: The Duchess of Burgundy, Pt. 2

15:35

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Conclusion: The Tombs

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