Napoleon – Page 4 – French Travel Boutique

The Joseph Franque portrait of Marie-Louise and her son is in the Versailles collection Shortly before the French Revolution, Marie-Antoinette

A small boudoir is next to the bedroom. It is furnished as it was during the stay of the Spanish

In 1784 the Count de Vaudreuil purchased a grand residence in Paris and filled it with the latest furniture and

The widow Scarron was the no-nonsense governess of Louis XIV’s children with his mistress Madame de Montespan. Louis was grateful

Vauban was Chief Engineer for Louis XIV. He changed the way war was conducted. It was a totally different approach

Anne of Austria’s marriage to Louis XIII was unhappy to say the least. This was not helped by the fact

Josephine was a widow with two children when she married Napoleon. He was keen to have an heir but initially

After the French Revolution and the defeat of Napoleon, Louis XVI’s brothers returned to France. As Louis XVIII had never

Louis XV was the great grandson of Louis XIV and was only five years old when he became King of

Honoré de Balzac started his literary career writing for the theatre but quickly found that his best source of income