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'Feydeau's descriptions of Versailles Palace's obsessions with coiffure, fashion, perfume and cosmetics are alluring.' - Daily Telegraph 'Rhapsodic and piquant... full of information' -The New York Review of Books THE WASHINGTON TIMES 'De Feydeau's lively account gives the reader an additional twist on the life and times of Marie Antoinette and her influence on two of France's continuing major industries-fashion and scent.' '
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In Montpellier, 1748: Jean-Louis Fargeon is born into a family of perfumers and soon becomes apprenticed to his father's modest perfumerie. But he dreams of the glittering court of Versailles and of becoming perfumer to the young queen, Marie Antoinette. His ambition carried him to Paris where his boutique became one of the most elegant and wellpatronised in France. Concocting sumptuous perfumes and pomades for most of the French nobility, Fargeon eventually caught the attention of the queen. After meeting Marie Antoinette in the Trianon Palace, he began creating lavish bespoke scents that perfectly reflected her moods and personality. 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...
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- VerlagI.B. Tauris
- Erscheinungsdatum2006
- ISBN 10 1845111893
- ISBN 13 9781845111892
- EinbandTapa dura
- Anzahl der Seiten140
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A Scented Palace : The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer
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I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited, 2006
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ISBN 13: 9781845111892
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A SCENTED PALACE The Secret of Marie Antionette's Perfumer
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I. B. Tauris, 2006. 9781845111892, 2006
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ISBN 13: 9781845111892
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1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (hint of sunning on spine - otherwise Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxi + 140 (with Hilary Mantel's notes post-it slips loosely inserted). [English translation by Jane Lizop of the original French]. Artikel-Nr. 165080
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