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Madame Pompadour

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Helen_Davis

Madame Pompadour

Post by Helen_Davis » Thu December 6th, 2012, 9:09 pm

Any novels about her? Novels please, not biographies.

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Post by annis » Fri December 7th, 2012, 4:21 am

Don't know of any off hand, but the ever-fabulous Madame Guillotine has done a couple of posts about her with lots of yummy pictures which you might enjoy.

The Making of a Royal Mistress
http://madameguillotine.org.uk/2010/01/ ... l-mistress

The Beautiful World of Madame de Pompadour
http://madameguillotine.org.uk/2012/01/ ... pompadour/

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Post by sweetpotatoboy » Fri December 7th, 2012, 3:30 pm

Jean Plaidy's Louis the Well Beloved has Madame de Pompadour as a major character.

Other novels about Louis XV probably touch on her, such as Royal Merry Go-Round by F W Kenyon and The Enchanting Courtesan by Lozania Prole (though the title character of the latter is Madame du Barry).

Not surprisingly, you'll find more novels on her in French.

Helen_Davis

Post by Helen_Davis » Fri December 7th, 2012, 8:32 pm

[quote=""sweetpotatoboy""]Jean Plaidy's Louis the Well Beloved has Madame de Pompadour as a major character.

Other novels about Louis XV probably touch on her, such as Royal Merry Go-Round by F W Kenyon and The Enchanting Courtesan by Lozania Prole (though the title character of the latter is Madame du Barry).

Not surprisingly, you'll find more novels on her in French.[/quote]

Well, I can read French! Any recommendations?

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