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

mphillips@vendomepress.com

Please send tear sheets to:

Meghan Phillips

181 State Street

Suite 304

Portland, ME 04101

or

mphillips@vendomepress.com

Christophe Fouin, Thomas Garnier, Christian Miles, and Didier Saulnier are

photographers based in Paris and Versailles.