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Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1711, twelve-year-old Cecile Revel unexpectedly gets the chance to serve Louis XIV's sister-in-law at the palace of Versailles, but instead of a dream come true, life at court proves to be complicated and precarious.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Anouk has been chosen to participate in an exclusive program, which includes an all-expense-paid trip to France and a chance to explore the hidden underground Palais du Papillon, or the Palace of the Butterfly. Along with four other bright and talented teenagers, Anouk will be one of the first people to set foot in the palace in more than 200 years. But the expedition is not all it seems--their supposed benefactors are attempting...
Author
Publisher
Vendome
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Versailles is one of the most photographed places in the world, but only four people have the privilege of being the palace's official photographers. They have uniquely unfettered access to the secrets that lie within, outside and beneath this enormous domain where they spend their days--and sometimes their nights. Here, for the first time, they open their personal albums to offer a wealth of impressions and responses. Two hundred and fifty previously...
5) Versailles
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of Versailles, from the days of leaders such as Louis XIV, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Charles de Gaulle to its status today as a landmark of world history.
Author
Publisher
Flammarion
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Versailles has been described in minute detail since the reign of Louis XIV, but numerous rooms in the palace and its outbuildings are inaccessible to the public due to their fragility or state of preservation. From the most renowned salons to the gardens, passing through the Trianon or the Queens hamlet, Versailles contains extraordinary details, transformed by light and shadow. From dusk on a summers evening to the veil of mist on a winters morning,...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In the 1670s, fourteen-year-old Marion, who has a talent for making perfumes, gets the chance to serve Louis XIV's mistress at the palace of Versailles, where she gets caught up in palace intrigue.
