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This riveting book explores the little-known intimate life of Marie Antoinette and her family in a world filled with intrigue, infidelity, and adultery. Will Bashor unveils the hedonistic atmosphere at Versailles as we learn the secret language of the queen's fan and explore the hidden passageways and staircases of endless intrigue at the palace.
List of contents
Author's Note
Introduction
Family Tree
Chronology
Part I: Enigmatic Versailles
1 Louis XIII's Château of Debauchery
2 Louis XIV's Reign of Bosoms and Cockles of the Heart
3 The Parc-aux-Cerfs: Louis XV's Private Bordello
À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (Vienna, Austria)
Part II: Marie Antoinette, Dauphine of France (1770-1774)
4 The Strawberry Blonde Arrives
5 New Friends, New Enemies, and the Princes Charmants
6 Fans and the Art of Seduction
À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (1770-1774)
Part III: The Barren Queen's Temptations (1774-1778)
7 Gallant Pursuers
8 Décampativos and Risky Diversions
9 Questionable Relationships with Women
À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (1774-1778)
Part IV: The Queen's Regrets (1778-1792)
10 Charlot and Toinette's Love Affairs: A Play Stolen from V--
11 The Austrian Woman on the RAMPAGE, or the Royal Orgy: An Operatic Proverb
12 Description of the Royal Menagerie of Living Animals
13 Filth, Sex, and Erotica in Magnificence
¿ À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (1778-1792)
Part V: A Queen Dethroned and Diseased (1792-1793)
14 Maladies Vénériennes at the Court of Versailles
15 Maladies Vénériennes and the Unthinkable
16 Cancer Rising and Sun in Scorpio
¿ À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (1792-1793)
Part VI: The Verdict
17 The Last Testament
18 Guilty?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
List of Illustrations and Credits
Index
About the Author
About the author
By Will Bashor
Summary
This riveting book explores the little-known intimate life of Marie Antoinette and her family in a world filled with intrigue, infidelity, and adultery. Will Bashor unveils the hedonistic atmosphere at Versailles as we learn the secret language of the queen’s fan and explore the hidden passageways and staircases of endless intrigue at the palace.
