On Monday, Neubauer's great-grandson and California resident David Cassirer said in a statement that he was thankful to the U ...

Wren incorporated reminiscences of Versailles into Hampton Court, Schlüter into Berlin, in designing the façades of the Palais Royal. “Little Versailles” have sprung up: Nymphenburg, Schleissheim, ...

In Versailles we see her earning Louis’ trust, and a spot in his bed, by coercing the imaginary Duke of Cassel to come to court, and winning big at the card table. Only the latter is true (she ...