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PRAISE FOR COLIN JONES: 'Superb ... Jones tells the story lucidly, vividly and accurately' The Sunday Times on The Great Nation. 'Exhilarating ... A book to wander in' Neil McGregor on Paris: Biography of a City.

PRAISE FOR COLIN JONES: 'Superb ... Jones tells the story lucidly, vividly and accurately' The Sunday Times on The Great Nation. 'Exhilarating ... A book to wander in' Neil McGregor on Paris: Biography of a City.

'There is a huge cache of books on Versailles addressed to casual readers, but Versailles by Colin Jones stands out' H-France Review. 'The book's scope is impressive, particularly given its required brevity, and Jones provides many welcome insights along the way' Times Literary Supplement.

'The book's scope is impressive, particularly given its required brevity, and Jones provides many welcome insights along the way' Times Literary Supplement.

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Colin Jones is Professor of History at Queen Mary College, a Fellow of the British Academy and an expert on 18th-century France. He is the author of The Great Nation France 1715-99, A History of France and Paris: Biography of a City.

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