A scented palace: the secret history of Marie Antoinette's perfumer

He served as her personal and exclusive perfumer for fourteen years until 1789 when the darkness of Revolution swept across France, its wrath aimed at the extravagance of a now hated queen. Fargeon, a lifelong supporter of the Republican cause but a purveyor to the court, was in a dangerous position...

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1. Verfasser: Feydeau, Élisabeth de (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
German
Veröffentlicht: London u.a. Tauris 2006
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Zusammenfassung:He served as her personal and exclusive perfumer for fourteen years until 1789 when the darkness of Revolution swept across France, its wrath aimed at the extravagance of a now hated queen. Fargeon, a lifelong supporter of the Republican cause but a purveyor to the court, was in a dangerous position. Yet he remained fiercely loyal to Marie Antoinette, beyond her desperate flight to Varennes, her execution and even through his own imprisonment and trial."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XXI, 140 S. 23 cm
ISBN:9781845111892

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