This biography of the legendary Mistress of King Louis XV offers dramatic insight into the life of one of the most enchanting, powerful, and feared women to grace the world\'s stage.
Filled with photographs, and evocative and insightful in its telling, Madame de Pompadour is a seductive portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential women of the age..
The critically acclaimed author of Philippe, Duc d\'Orleans, Christine Pevitt Algrant traces Madame de Pompadour from her modest beginnings in early-eighteenth-century Paris to her reign as the undisputed Mistress of Versailles.
The newcomer, however, wasted no time in establishing herself as the king\'s sole confidante and, ultimately, his indispensable partner in affairs of state.
Although accustomed to the king\'s extramarital relationships, the court was shocked at the sudden ascension of the low-born Mademoiselle Poisson.
Groomed from an early age to assume the role of a rich man\'s mistress, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson underwent several transformations before she caught the heart of the king himself.
This biography of the legendary Mistress of King Louis XV offers dramatic insight into the life of one of the most enchanting, powerful, and feared women to grace the world\'s stage
