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Author: Hélène Delalex ,
Francis Hammond ,
Catherine Pegard
Publisher: Editions Flammarion
Imprint: Flammarion
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 22.50cm
Weight: 0.940kg
ISBN: 9782080202109
ISBN 10: 2080202103
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 05 October 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
<i>A Day With Marie Antoinette</i>by Helene Delalex is a <b>beautifully crafted, intimate look at the life and legend of Marie Antoinette</b> as told through the objects, places and people that defined her story: the furniture, paintings, etchings, lavish rooms and gardens of Versailles where she spent most of her ultimately tragic life are highlighted in this<b> concise, charming overview</b> of Marie Antoinette. -<i>VIVE LA QUEEN BLOG <b>Helene Delalex follows the breathless and unsettling pace of change set by Marie Antoinette at Versailles</b>, visiting the sumptuous palace interiors that are imbued with her memory, such as the Gilded Cabinet or the Cabinet de la Meridienne, and the Queen s Hamlet, still so strongly marked by her presence and determination to break with the conventions of court life. Until that fateful day in October 1789, when she was forced to flee the palace of Versailles, which will always embody the ambivalences of her spirit. -<i>WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY</i>
A Day With Marie Antoinette by Helene Delalex is a beautifully crafted, intimate look at the life and legend of Marie Antoinette as told through the objects, places and people that defined her story: the furniture, paintings, etchings, lavish rooms and gardens of Versailles where she spent most of her ultimately tragic life are highlighted in this concise, charming overview of Marie Antoinette. - VIVE LE QUEEN BLOG
<i>A Day With Marie Antoinette </i>by Helene Delalex is a <b>beautifully crafted, intimate look at the life and legend of Marie Antoinette</b> as told through the objects, places and people that defined her story: the furniture, paintings, etchings, lavish rooms and gardens of Versailles where she spent most of her ultimately tragic life are highlighted in this<b> concise, charming overview</b> of Marie Antoinette. -<i>VIVE LA QUEEN BLOG <b>Helene Delalex follows the breathless and unsettling pace of change set by Marie Antoinette at Versailles</b>, visiting the sumptuous palace interiors that are imbued with her memory, such as the Gilded Cabinet or the Cabinet de la Meridienne, and the Queen's Hamlet, still so strongly marked by her presence and determination to break with the conventions of court life. Until that fateful day in October 1789, when she was forced to flee the palace of Versailles, which will always embody the ambivalences of her spirit. -<i>WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY</i>
Author Information
Hélène Delalex is Heritage Conservation Manager at the Château de Versailles. She has curated exhibitions, contributed to numerous books, and appears regularly on television history programs in France. Francis Hammond’s photographs have been published in Martha Stewart Living, Elle Décoration, and Historic Houses of Paris (2010), Versailles: A Private Invitation (2011), Entertaining in Grand Style (2013), and A Day at Versailles (2013).
