AFTER THE DEATH of the great King, beautiful Versailles, fatal for France, lay empty seven years while fresh air blew through its golden rooms, blowing away the sorcery and bigotry which hung about the walls like a miasma, blowing away the old century and blowing in the new.
An edition of Madame de Pompadour
(1953)
Madame de Pompadour
by Nancy Mitford
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Biography, Court and courtiers, Kings and rulers, Mistresses, Royal Favorites, Paramours, Pompadour, jeanne antoinette (poisson) marquis de, 1721-1769, France, social life and customsPeople
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"AFTER THE DEATH of the great King, beautiful Versailles, fatal for France, lay empty seven years while fresh air blew through its golden rooms, blowing away the sorcery and bigotry which hung about the walls like a miasma, blowing away the old century and blowing in the new."
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