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The School of Mirrors

The School of Mirrors
  • Author(s): Eva Stachniak
  • Location(s): Paris, Versailles
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 18th century

During the reign of Louis XV, impoverished but lovely teenage girls from all over France are sent to a discreet villa in the town of Versailles. Overseen by the King’s favorite mistress, Madame de Pompadour, they will be trained...

The Sisters of Versailles

The Sisters of Versailles
  • Author(s): Sally Christie
  • Location(s): Versailles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th century

VERSAILLES A sumptuous and sensual tale of power, romance, family, and betrayal centered around four sisters and one King. Carefully researched and ornately detailed, The Sisters of Versailles is the first book in an exciting new historical fiction trilogy...

A Springtime to Remember

A Springtime to Remember
  • Author(s): Lucy Coleman
  • Location(s): Paris, Versailles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Paris and the Palace of Versailles have always meant a lot to TV producer Lexie. Her grandma Viv spent a year there, but her adventures and memories were never discussed, and Lexie has long wondered why they were a...

Poison

Poison
  • Author(s): Kathryn Harrison
  • Location(s): Versailles, Madrid, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 17th century

Francisca de Luarac, the daughter of a poor Spanish silk grower, is a dreamer of fabulous dreams. Marie Louise de Bourbon, the niece of Louis XIV, dances in slippers of fine Spanish silk in the French Court of the...

The Clockwork Girl

The Clockwork Girl
  • Author(s): Anna Mazzola
  • Location(s): Paris, Versailles
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Paris, 1750. In the midst of an icy winter, as birds fall frozen from the sky, chambermaid Madeleine Chastel arrives at the home of the city’s celebrated clockmaker and his clever, unworldly daughter. Madeleine is hiding a dark past,...

The Oracle Glass

The Oracle Glass
  • Author(s): Judith Merkle Riley
  • Location(s): Versailles, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 17th Century

Her ability to see the future may prevent her from living in the present… For a handful of gold, Madame de Morville will read your future in a glass of swirling water. You’ll believe her, because you know she’s...

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