A day at Versailles

Everywhere you walk at Versailles your gaze
lingers over its beauties, your thoughts skim over its
centuries of history, through the turmoil of the Revolution
to the present day. Yet amid so much magnificence
we want always to see the unseen, to find a hidden
staircase, to open a secret door to a forgotten room.
Yves Carlier takes us on a tour of Versailles in the space
of one exhilarating day, recounting the memorable
events of life at the château during the different eras in
which it flourished. This is a tour to which everyone
is invited: kings and courtiers, historic events and epic
festivities, science and the sacred, and finally all the artists
and craftsmen who created Versailles, and whose work
has been preserved down the centuries.

About the author

Yves Carlier is a writer and curator specializing in sixteenth- to nineteenth-century French decorative arts and design. Francis Hammond is a renowned lifestyle photographer.

Product details

• Authors: Yves Carlier, Flammarion, Francis Hammond, XXX
• Assisted by: Francis Hammond (Photographs)
• Publisher: Flammarion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2014
• EAN: 9782080301437
• ISBN: 978-2-08-030143-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 9000 g
• Series: Flammarion; Styles and design; Styles and design
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture