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Literature TalkLiterature TalkBecoming the Marquise de Pompadour: The Letters of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
At Encina Commons
Stanford
Step into the boudoir of Versailles' most powerful woman. This talk reveals how Madame de Pompadour used letters to climb from bourgeois origins to the king's inner circle.
Academic lecture
French history
18th-century culture
Letter-writing
Tips
đź”—registration required (link in source)
🏛️hosted by Stanford Global Studies
Becoming the Marquise de Pompadour: The Letters of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
At Encina Commons
Stanford
Literature TalkLiterature TalkStep into the boudoir of Versailles' most powerful woman. This talk reveals how Madame de Pompadour used letters to climb from bourgeois origins to the king's inner circle.
Academic lecture
French history
18th-century culture
Letter-writing
Tips
đź”—registration required (link in source)
🏛️hosted by Stanford Global Studies
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