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1682: Versailles is a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV’s fever dream.
The Modern Fairies
What you need to know before your trail
Versailles – a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV’s fever dream. It’s a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you’ll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody is safe here – no matter how highly born they are.
No one knows this better than Madame Marie d’Aulnoy. Each week, a rogue group of intellectuals gather at her Parisian home to debate, flirt and perform Contes de Fées – fairy tales – that challenge the status quo, at a salon that will change the course of literature forever. But while they weave tales of glass slippers, enchanted beasts and long-haired princesses, a wolf is lurking, who threatens to destroy the members of the salon one by one.
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Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville also known as Countess d’Aulnoy, was a French author known for her literary fairy tales. Her 1697 collection Les Contes des Fées (Fairy Tales) coined the literary genre’s name and included the first story to feature “Prince Charmant” or Prince Charming. Mme d’Aulnoy hosted salon gatherings in her home at rue Saint-Benoît.
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Oh you will certainly learn about and experience via this book, the debauchery of life at Versailles at the time!
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Modern Fairies
Destination/Location: Versailles, Paris Author: Clare Pollard Departure: 1682
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