Payne, Francis Loring / 2008-06-11 00:00:00

EBOOK THE STORY OF VERSAILLES ***


Produced by Al Haines


[Frontispiece: Statue of Louis XIV, the Builder of Versailles.]



The Story of Versailles
BY
FRANCIS LORING PAYNE




NEW YORK
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
1919


COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY.



Press of
J.J. Little & Ives Co.
New York


CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
Chapter
I. THE BEGINNING OF VERSAILLES
II. THE MAKING OF VERSAILLES. THE LUXURIOUS CHATEAU
AND PARKLAND OF LOUIS XIV
III. THE LUXURY OF VERSAILLES
IV. THE GARDENS, THE FOUNTAINS AND THE GRAND TRIANON
V. A DAY WITH THE SUN KING
VI. GOLDEN DAYS AND RED LETTER NIGHTS
VII. THE WOMEN OF VERSAILLES
VIII. THE VERSAILLES OF LOUIS XV
IX. THE TWILIGHT OF THE BOURBON KINGS
X. THE SHRINE OF ROYAL MEMORIES, THE
SCENE OF WORLD ADJUSTMENTS


FOREWORD

THE HALL OF MIRRORS
I
If you could speak what tales your tongues could tell,
You voiceless mirrors of the storied past!
Do you remember when the curtain fell
On him who learned he was not God at last?

II
Do you still see the shadows of the great?
On powdered wigs and velvets, silks and lace;
Or dream at night a feted queen, in state,
Accepts men's homage with a haughty face?

III
A thousand names come tumbling to the mind.
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