by Évelyne Lever · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782213668413
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«Le temps des illusions» is Évelyne Lever's historical chronicle of the court and the city, 1715-1756, published by Fayard in paperback.
Chronicle of eighteenth-century France between the death of Louis XIV (1715) and mid-century. It contrasts life at Versailles, centered on power, intrigue and etiquette, with intellectual and artistic Paris. Festivities, scandals, secrets and portraits of kings, courtiers, philosophers and common people reveal the tensions of Louis XV's reign.
Published in 2012 by Fayard, the work includes bibliographical references (pp. 419-421) and an index.
For readers interested in French history, the court of Versailles and eighteenth-century society.
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Évelyne Lever is a contemporary French historian and writer. She was married to a French historian, Maurice Lever, who is the author of Sade.
