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Royal Palaces and Parks of France

Milburg Francisco Mansfield

Royal Palaces and Parks of France

Paper book: €30.99

Digital: €13.99

Original publication
1910
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
594
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
History
Moods
Travel back in time
Translated from
English

Book summary

This travel book, published in 1910, visits the homes of the kings of France, in Paris and around the capital: the Louvre, the Tuileries, Fontainebleau, Versailles, Chantilly and Compiègne. It also tells of the art of the French formal garden and of the great royal hunts.

Rather than dates, the author gathers the anecdotes left by the old chroniclers: a lively stroll through centuries of French history.

The book goes from palace to palace and can be read at your own pace in the language you are learning.

The plot

Three tales from the royal palaces. Legend says Fontainebleau takes its name from a spring, the “Belle Eau” (beautiful water). It can still be seen in the palace garden.

The world of the book

Seven centuries of royal palaces. Around 1370, at the Louvre in Paris, King Charles V gathers a library of 910 books.

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