A Scented Palace
Subtitle: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer
Contributors: Jane Lizop (Translator)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: June 22, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781845111892
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; France - History - Revolution And Napoleonic Empire (1789-1815); Biography And Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Historical - General; Europe - France; History / France; 1755-1793; 18th century; Contemporaries; Fargeon, Jean-Louis,; France; History; Marie Antoinette,; Perfumes; Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France,; b. 1748
First sentence: Under the blinding sun, the streets and alleyways of Montpellier smell of citron and bergamot orange.