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Language: en
Pages: 332
Pages: 332
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09 - Publisher: Macmillan
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Language: en
Pages: 296
Pages: 296
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-09 - Publisher: New York Review of Books
When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aris
Language: en
Pages: 448
Pages: 448
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