A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer.(Book review)

From: The Historian | Date: March 22, 2008| Author: Steen, Charlie R. | Copyright information

A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer. By Elisabeth de Feydeau. Translated by Jane Lizop. (New York, N.Y.: I. B. Tauris, 2006. Pp. xxi, 140. $26.95.)

This author contributes to an excellent body of work on Marie Antoinette that has appeared in recent years. Hers, however, is distinctive because it chooses for a subject the queen's perfumer, whose life included far more than serving the court. Her expertise is remarkable because she is both a...

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