Women of Versailles: The Court of Louis XIV

A podcast by Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand

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23 Episodes

  1. Conclusion: The Tombs

    Published: 10/20/2023
  2. Ch. 16: The Duchess of Burgundy, Pt. 2

    Published: 10/20/2023
  3. Ch. 16: The Duchess of Burgundy, Pt. 1

    Published: 10/20/2023
  4. Ch. 15: The Daughters of Louis XIV

    Published: 10/20/2023
  5. Ch. 14: The Old Age of Madame de Montespan

    Published: 10/19/2023
  6. Ch. 13: Madame de Maintenon's Letters

    Published: 10/18/2023
  7. Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 2

    Published: 10/17/2023
  8. Ch. 12: Madame de Maintenon as a Political Woman, Pt. 1

    Published: 10/16/2023
  9. Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 2

    Published: 10/15/2023
  10. Ch. 11: The Duchess of Orléans, Pt. 1

    Published: 10/14/2023
  11. Ch. 10: Madame de Maintenon and the Gentlewomen of Saint-Cyr

    Published: 10/13/2023
  12. Ch. 9: The Marquise de Caylus

    Published: 10/12/2023
  13. Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 2

    Published: 10/11/2023
  14. Ch. 8: Madame de Maintenon's Apartment, Pt. 1

    Published: 10/10/2023
  15. Ch. 7: The Marriage of Madame de Maintenon

    Published: 10/9/2023
  16. Ch. 6: The Bavarian Dauphiness

    Published: 10/8/2023
  17. Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 2

    Published: 10/7/2023
  18. Ch. 5: Madame de Maintenon in 1682, Pt. 1

    Published: 10/6/2023
  19. Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 2

    Published: 10/5/2023
  20. Ch. 4: Madame de Montespan in 1682, Pt. 1

    Published: 10/4/2023

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http://www.adfreebooks.com - 500+ audiobooks, all ad freeJean 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.(