Princesse of Versailles
Subtitle: the life of Marie Adelaide of Savoy
By: Charles Elliott.
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 497
ISBN-13: 9780395605165
Subjects: Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy, 1685-1712.; Princesses -- France -- Biography.; France -- Court and courtiers.; France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
Description: Biography of the grandniece of Louis XIV and wife of the heir apparent to the throne of France.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-478) and index.
Table of contents: title: The state of France; title: This fortunate marriage; title: The gnat and the lion; title: Waiting in the wings; title: A perfect princesse; title: The glory of the age; title: A royal education; title: The holy terror; title: Bourbon munificence; title: Youthful desires; title: A new century : beginnings and endings; title: Eliminating the Pyrenees; title: Lessons in love and war; title: Father and son; title: Every sort of grief; title: Where glory awaits; title: The cabal; title: Misfortune is the rule; title: Mother and matchmaker; title: I shall be their queen; title: Everything is dead here; title: Maps. The barrier fortresses; title: The Battle of Oudenarde