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madame_guillotine at 01:56pm on 27/05/2009
madame_guillotine at 01:56pm on 27/05/2009I am planning to go to Paris on the nineteenth of October with Oscar and, hopefully, sushidog and stay for about four nights in an apartment so that I can revisit the Conciergerie, Versailles, Carnavalet, Louvre and Musée de l'Arts Décoratifs. Oh and eat several salades composées and buy lots of macarons, posters, Eiffel Tower souvenirs and books!
Anyway, some short book reviews. I bought all of these in hardback, which I rarely do and thought I should cram them all in before the paperbacks come out and I kick myself for not waiting!:
I really enjoyed this and would recommend it to anyone interested in the French Revolution and ancien régime high society! I am a sucker for books about this period, have a bias towards the aristocracy (I am really not interested in poor people, sorry!) and especially love ones that feature real historical figures so thought this was great!
I first read Madame de la Tour du Pin's memoirs when I was a teenager and have reread them regularly ever since as they are an essential part of anyone's research into French society and court life at the time of the Revolution. I was thrilled to find out that this was book was imminent and snapped it up straight away as Lucie de la Tour du Pin was so fascinating. I really enjoyed reading more about her and again this is recommended.
I had been hoping for a decent modern biography of Marie-Thérèse for ages before this came out and so was really excited when I saw this appear on Amazon a year before it was released. I wish I could say that it surpassed all expectations and justified my excitement as the release date grew ever closer but I don't know, there is something wrong here and I can't quite put my finger on it. It is still worth a read but I think there is room for a few more books on this subject.
sushidog and stay for about four nights in an apartment so that I can revisit the Conciergerie, Versailles, Carnavalet, Louvre and Musée de l'Arts Décoratifs. Oh and eat several salades composées and buy lots of macarons, posters, Eiffel Tower souvenirs and books! Anyway, some short book reviews. I bought all of these in hardback, which I rarely do and thought I should cram them all in before the paperbacks come out and I kick myself for not waiting!:
I really enjoyed this and would recommend it to anyone interested in the French Revolution and ancien régime high society! I am a sucker for books about this period, have a bias towards the aristocracy (I am really not interested in poor people, sorry!) and especially love ones that feature real historical figures so thought this was great!
I first read Madame de la Tour du Pin's memoirs when I was a teenager and have reread them regularly ever since as they are an essential part of anyone's research into French society and court life at the time of the Revolution. I was thrilled to find out that this was book was imminent and snapped it up straight away as Lucie de la Tour du Pin was so fascinating. I really enjoyed reading more about her and again this is recommended.
I had been hoping for a decent modern biography of Marie-Thérèse for ages before this came out and so was really excited when I saw this appear on Amazon a year before it was released. I wish I could say that it surpassed all expectations and justified my excitement as the release date grew ever closer but I don't know, there is something wrong here and I can't quite put my finger on it. It is still worth a read but I think there is room for a few more books on this subject.