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T H E V E N D O M E P R E S S F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E
V E R S A I L L E S I S O N E O F T H E M O S T P H O T O G R A P H E D “ B E A U T Y S P O T S ” I N T H E W O R L D .
Yet masses of tourists make it virtually impossible to imagine the splendor of the palace as it existed during the ancien
regime—from the time of Luis XIV, the Sun King, in the seventeenth century until the fall of Napoleon III in 1870.
With the support of Catherine Pégard, president of Versailles supervisory board, four talented photographers were
granted unlimited access to Versailles when the château was closed to visitors. The resulting book, Versailles: The Great
and Hidden Splendors of the Sun King’s Palace (Vendome, September), offers an unprecedented tour of this magnifi-
cent place.
This volume reveals the private suites of Louis XV, the boudoirs of Marie Antoinette and Madame de Pompadour,
and the intimate room where the ill-fated Louis XVI parted from his courtiers a few months before his execution.
by
Catherine Pégard
photographs by
Christophe Fouin,
Thomas Garnier,
Christian Miles,
and
Didier Saulnier
V E R S A I L L E Sthe great and hidden splendors of the sun king’s palace
Readers visit not only the magnificent galleries of Versailles, the celebrated
Hall of Mirrors, the Royal Chapel, the charming Orangerie, and Marie Antoi-
nette’s bucolic Hamlet, but also mysterious chambers and enfilades of hushed
apartments, secreted in the vast upper structure of the palace.
The photographs are accompanied by succinct captions that provide a lively
introduction to daily life at Versailles and the momentous events that have
figured in its history. Versailles: The Great and Hidden Splendors of the Sun
King’s Palace is published in a sumptuous oversize format and with a produc-
tion quality befitting its majestic subject.
A B O U T T H E C O N T R I B U T O R S
Catherine Pégard has been the president of the Château du Versailles’ super-
visory board since 2011. Previously, she was a journalist and cultural advisor
to President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Versailles: The Great and Hidden
Splendors of the Sun King’s Palace
by Catherine Pégard;
photographs by Christophe Fouin,
Thomas Garnier, Christian Miles,
and Didier Saulnier
• 272 pages, with printed cloth case
and bellyband;
• over 250 color illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-86565-342-9
• US $95 | CAN $115
• September 2017
Contact:
Meghan Phillips
212-932-0688
Please send tear sheets to:
Meghan Phillips
181 State Street
Suite 304
Portland, ME 04101
or
Christophe Fouin, Thomas Garnier, Christian Miles, and Didier Saulnier are
photographers based in Paris and Versailles.