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The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous palace, painting a picture of the way its residents truly lived and examining the palace's legacy, from French history through today. Using eyewitness testimony as well as the latest historical research, Spawforth offers the first full account of Versailles in over thirty years. Versailles: a biography of a palace(...)
Versailles: a biography of a palace
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The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous palace, painting a picture of the way its residents truly lived and examining the palace's legacy, from French history through today. Using eyewitness testimony as well as the latest historical research, Spawforth offers the first full account of Versailles in over thirty years. Versailles: a biography of a palace brings out the fateful consequences for the French monarchy of its relocation to Versailles and also examines the changing place of Versailles in France's national identity since 1789.
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October 2008
History until 1900, France
The complete Greek temples
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"The complete Greek temples" is profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, plans and reconstruction drawings. Contents include : homes of the Gods : development, glory and decline; building for the Gods : siting, construction, decoration and finance; encounters with the Gods : the temple in its sacred setting; temples of the Gods : seven journeys through Greek lands –(...)
The complete Greek temples
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"The complete Greek temples" is profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, plans and reconstruction drawings. Contents include : homes of the Gods : development, glory and decline; building for the Gods : siting, construction, decoration and finance; encounters with the Gods : the temple in its sacred setting; temples of the Gods : seven journeys through Greek lands – a complete and up-to-date gazetteer of colonnaded Greek temples, including the temples of Athens and Olympia, as well as hundreds of lesser-known sites, along with the latest discoveries, all arranged by region.
History until 1900, Greece