The Road to Compiegne
(French Revolution)
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2007
Summary
The second of Jean Plaidy’s flamboyant French Revolution series.
No longer well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular. The huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare have taken their toll. As discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his extravagances and his mistress, the powerful Marquise de Pompadour. Suspicions, plots, and rivalry are rife as Louis’s daughters and lovers jostle for his attention and their own standing at court.
Ignoring the unrest in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099493372 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099493373 |
| Author: | Jean Plaidy |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2007 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | French Revolution |
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Jean Plaidy doesn’t just write the history, she makes it come alive.
Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed … Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans … One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there * Matt Bates, WH Smith Travel *
Jean Plaidy doesn’t just write the history, she makes it come alive. * Julia Moffat, RNI *
Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting. * Observer *
It is hard to better Jean Plaidy * Daily Mirror *
Jean Plaidy
Jean Plaidy, one of the pre-eminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy’s novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.
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