A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer
by Elisabeth de Feydeau
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Author: Elisabeth de FeydeauTranslator: Jane Lizop
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-17
ISBN: 1845111893
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
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Book Review: A Scented Palace by DeFeydeau
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent book, with amazing research and insights that I have seen nowhere else in books about this period. You get such a feel for what is going on that it is like you are part of the "in-crowd" of the day. You also get a feel of what the people were like at a time when there was no indoor plumbing or sanitation and smells had to be disguised (like the animal parts that were thrown on the lawn from the kitchen). Plus it is easy to read and Ms. De Feydeau doesn't try to analyze anyone like most writers of this period do, she just puts down the where and when and what happened in a pleasant writing style. Nice....
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