The road to Compiègne
By: Jean Plaidy
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780753188385; 9780753188392
Subjects: Fiction; Kings and rulers; History; Paramours
Description: No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll. As the discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his extravagances and his mistress, the powerful Marquise de Pompadour. Suspicions, plots and rivalry are rife as Louis' daughters and lovers jostle for his attention and their own standing in Court. Ignoring the unrest in Paris, Louis continues to indulge in frivolities. But how long will Paris stay silent when the death of the Marquise de Pompadour leads to yet another mistress influencing the King?
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: London: Hale, 1959.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Standard print ed. originally published: London: Hale, 1959. -Includes bibliographical references. -No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular; title: the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll. As the discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his extravagances and his mistress, the powerful Marquise de Pompadour. Suspicions, plots and rivalry are rife as Louis' daughters and lovers jostle for his attention and their own standing in Court. Ignoring the unrest in Paris, Louis continues to indulge in frivolities. But how long will Paris stay silent when the death of the Marquise de Pompadour leads to yet another mistress influencing the King?