Mathieu da Vinha, a historian specializing in Versailles, answers any question you can think up with lively, well-researched style!

Why did Louis XIV decide upon Versailles for his court and seat of government? Who ran Versailles? Did courtiers sleep in "rat's nests"? What was the dress code at Versailles? Did kings get any free time? Did you have to be rich to live in Versailles? Versailles never ceases to captivate and astonish. In these 100 questions and ansswers about living habits, architecture, gardens, as well as royalty and courtiers as revealed through their lodgings, comforts, hygiene, and entertainments, this book covers Versailles of the Ancien Régime all the way till the Revolution in 1789.