FRENCH LANGUAGE
Discovering a little-known Versailles
"The soul of a place comes to you in the low moments, when you have put down your weapons and forgotten your references. Ah, the joy of riding a bike outside the gates, on the edge of the park! The joy of sitting on the grass and gazing at the rounded...
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FRENCH LANGUAGE
Discovering a little-known Versailles
"The soul of a place comes to you in the low moments, when you have put down your weapons and forgotten your references. Ah, the joy of riding a bike outside the gates, on the edge of the park! The joy of sitting on the grass and gazing at the rounded, mossy edge of the Grand Canal, under a sky torn by clouds and saturated with midges... All of Versailles - all of my Versailles - is in these suspensions of time."
Franck Ferrand combines the passion of an expert with a sensitive approach to these places that we thought we knew and whose approach he renews. The role of the architect d'Orbay and the gardener Richard, the fatuity of the memorialist Philippe de Dangeau, the strength of soul of Queen Marie Leszczynska are some of the surprises in store for us in this truly loving dictionary and its 190 images of the most beautiful castle in the world.
French language
296 pages
Éditions Plon / Gründ
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