AFTER the various balls celebrating the marriage of the Dauphin, Madame d’Étiolcs was frequently observed flitting in and out of the palace. Nobody knew whether she slept there, and if so in which ...

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, may be best known as King Louis XV's chief mistress. But she was also a well-educated... More Than A Mistress: Madame De Pompadour Was A Minister Of ...

Madame de Pompadour was a power to be reckoned with during the reign of her lover, the French king Louis XV. Born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, she rose through the proverbial ranks at the court of ...

MADAME DE POMPADOUR (324 pp.) Nancy Mitford— Random House ($4.75). When the mob marched on Versailles in the French Revolution, palace guards ran to close the massive iron gates. They tugged in vain: ...

France's Loire Valley is, of course, famous for its regal châteaux. Visitors have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose. One can meander through the more than 500 rooms of the Château de ...

Scottish actor Sam Heughan from the TV series "Outlander" poses during a photocall at the 55th Monte Carlo Television Festival in Monaco on June 14, 2015. Reuters/Eric Gaillard Details about Madame de ...

Once again Chicago Folks Operetta has taken a Fall – that’s Leo Fall – on behalf of an unjustly neglected Viennese operetta from the early years of the 20th century. With their currently running ...

MANCY MITFORD has lived happily in the heart of Paris sitter the war. The first novel she wrote there was Love in a Cold Climate; her next, The Blessing, was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection in 1951 ...