Versailles by Of European History Colin Jones

Versailles by Of European History Colin Jones

The vivid story of the creation, renovation, and enduring legacy of the most famous building in France: the palace of Versailles

Nothing represents the glorious and fraught history of France quite like the Palace of Versailles. Made famous by the absolutist king Louis XIV, Versailles became legendary for the splendor of its revels -- but then, after the Revolution of 1789, it fell into disrepute as a reminder of royal excess and abuse of power. Subsequent French governments struggled with how to handle the opulent palace and grounds -- should the site be memorialized, trivialized, rehabilitated, or even destroyed outright?

Drawing on a new wave of recent research, historian Colin Jones masterfully traces the evolution of Versailles as a space of royal politics and aristocratic pleasures, a building of mythic status, and one of the world's great tourist destinations. Accessible and compelling, this book is a must-read for all Francophiles.

Colin Jones is an urban economist who has been a professor at Heriot-Watt University since 1998. He formerly worked at the Universities of Manchester, Glasgow and the West of Scotland. His research interests span commercial, industrial and housing market economics, investment and policy together with the macroeconomy and local economic development. Colin has edited or authored eight books, published more than seventy papers in academic journals and has taught urban economics and real estate investment at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for more than 40 years.

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ISBN 13	9781541673380
ISBN 10	1541673387
Title	Versailles
Author	Of European History Colin Jones
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Basic Books
Year published	2018-11-20
Number of pages	224
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