{"product_id":"versailles-a-biography-of-a-palace-1","title":"Versailles: A Biography of a Palace","description":"Called \"fast-paced\" (Kirkus Reviews) and \"highly engrossing\" (Publishers Weekly), this is the behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous palace.\n\nThe story of Versailles is one of high historical drama mixed with the high camp and glamour of the European courts, all in an iconic home for the French arts. The palace itself has been radically altered since 1789. Versailles sets out to rediscover what is now a vanished world: a great center of power and, for thousands, a home both grand and squalid.\n\nUsing the latest historical research, Spawforth offers the first full account of Versailles in English in over thirty years. He probes the conventional picture of this \"perpetual house party\" and gives full weight to the darker side: not just the mounting discomfort of the aging palace but also the intrigue and status anxiety of its aristocrats, as well as the changing place of Versailles in France's national identity since 1789.\n\nMany books have told the stories of the royals and artists living in Versailles, but this is the first to turn its focus on the palace itself―from architecture to politics to scandal to restoration.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0312603460\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0312603460.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Spawforth, Tony\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41517183074362,"sku":"DBV.0312603460.G","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0312603460-0.jpg?v=1783824978","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/versailles-a-biography-of-a-palace-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}