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French Revolution

This trilogy traces the final decades of the Bourbon monarchy through Louis XV, Madame du Barry and Marie Antoinette. Courtly privilege, political misjudgement and popular resentment accumulate across the sequence until the splendour of Versailles gives way to revolution.

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Books in this series (3 books)

The Road to Compiègne cover

#2 – The Road to Compiègne

Jean Plaidy

No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll. As the discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his extravagances and his mistress, the powerful Marquise de Pompadour. Suspicions,…