Penguin 1st Edition, published 1958.
When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'. Nancy Mitford lovingly tells the story of how the little girl rose, against a backdrop of savage social-climbing, intrigue, excess and high drama, to become the most powerful women of the eighteenth century French court, Le Pompadour.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Bright covers. Very minor wear spots on a lightly grubby spine. Minor wear to spine endsBinding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1958.
When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'. Nancy Mitford lovingly tells the story of how the little girl rose, against a backdrop of savage social-climbing, intrigue, excess and high drama, to become the most powerful women of the eighteenth century French court, Le Pompadour.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Bright covers. Very minor wear spots on a lightly grubby spine. Minor wear to spine endsBinding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
