Post by Owen on Oct 29, 2020 5:54:49 GMT
1 ~~~ This New Book Will Transport You to the Palace of Versailles ~ Conde Nast ~~~
www.cntraveler.com/gallery/new-palace-of-versailles-book ~ 27 October 2020 ~
It spans centuries of the château's storied history.
From the reigns of Louis the Great to Louis XVI and beyond, unimaginable amounts of drama have gone down at the Palace of Versailles, which the writer Victor Hugo once called the “magnificent binding” that holds together the book that is France's history. Assouline's latest tome, Versailles: From Louis XIV To Jeff Koons, released this month, presents a welcome opportunity for opulent armchair travel—not to mention time travel. (The edition is so suitably sumptuous, in fact, that it comes with a complimentary pair of white gloves for keeping your copy as pristine as possible.)
With an introduction by Catherine Pégard, president of the establishment and estate of Versailles, as well as photographs and archival images of the palace and its grounds, Versailles offers readers a look at the palace's gilded history. Below, we've rounded up a sampling of visuals from the new book.
www.cntraveler.com/gallery/new-palace-of-versailles-book ~ 27 October 2020 ~