Madame de Pompadour: A Life by Evelyne Lever is a biography of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, who rose from a middle-class background to become the most powerful and influential mistress of King Louis XV of France. Lever’s book explores Pompadour’s life, from her childhood to her rise to power and lasting impact on French culture and politics. It highlights her intelligence, ambition, and resilience, as well as her patronage of the arts and her role in shaping the Enlightenment.

Print: First American Edition, 2002

Condition: Like New

ISBN: 0374113084