A day at Versailles

Everywhere you walk at Versailles your gaze lingers over its beauties, your thoughts skim over its centuries of history, through the turmoil of the Revolution to the present day. Yet amid so much magnificence we want always to see the unseen, to find a hidden staircase, to open a secret door to a forgotten room. Yves Carlier takes us on a tour of Versailles in the space of one exhilarating day, recounting the memorable events of life at the château during the different eras in which it flourished. This is a tour to which everyone is invited: kings and courtiers, historic events and epic festivities, science and the sacred, and finally all the artists and craftsmen who created Versailles, and whose work has been preserved down the centuries.