Intrigue at Versailles A Vanity Tale of Louis XIV Court
A review of Gilette Ziegler's Versailles history notes the book uses eyewitness accounts to reveal the Sun King and his courtiers. It traces building the palace, lavish living, affairs involving Montespan and La Valliere, and court intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Gilette Ziegler
Louis XIV
Jeal
Wernment
Mme de Montespan
Mme de la Valliere
Mme de Fontanges
Princess Palatine
Dauphin
Meudon
Therincess Palatine
Pauphin
Mile Chain
Monseigneur
Duke of Bretagne
Louis XV
Art guides Five Cities by Blanche R Brown Anchor series
Five Cities presents London Paris Athens Rome and Florence through art history with scholarly yet readable prose. The book includes maps an index bibliography and a monuments list plus a guide to reachable areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Athens
Rome
Florence
Blanche R. Brown
Doubleday Anchor
New York
Doubleday
Five Cities
Anchor
New York University
First Thunder and Other Works Review in Dartmoor Setting
A critic compares Vian Smiths The First Thunder to Thomas Hardys tradition, praising its historical detail and strike drama set on Dartmoor in 1873. It contrasts with A Certain Summer and Dingo, found shallow or tiresomely plotted, noting Whitburns betrayal and Charlottes persistence amid labor tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vian Smith
Thomas Hardy
Hardy
Dartmoor
Charlotte Manning
Eig
Simon Whitburn
National Agricultural Labourer'’S Union
Charlotte
Whitham
Whitburn
Infant state of school libraries in Australia
The Canberra Times discusses the Fenwick report and the Standards and Objectives for School Libraries, calling for full professional status and sustained funding. It notes staff shortages, limited librarian presence on the floor, and the need for better training, longer hours, and closer teacher-librarian collaboration to make libraries central to school learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Fenwick
University of Chicago School of Librarianship
Sara Fenwick
Canberra
Downer
Public Service Board
Gerald Calan
Canberra Times
Public Service
The
Library Association of Australia
ALLA
Sydney Teachers’ College
Blyton
Blinky Bill
Cys
Caneherra
Ireek Tm
Questia
Arly
Seni Sudents
Civic Centre
ANU
Conscientiows _pareots
P and C
Insects and Plants and other nature books reviewed
A saturated review covers Young Readers nature titles in the Reason Why series and Reed Science Colourbooks. It notes Insects and Plants by Irving and Ruth Adler, Gulls and Terns by Bernard Stonehouse, Opossums by Ralph Kean, Sharks by J A F Garrick, and The Story of the Platypus by Alfred G Milotte. It praises clarity for young readers, color illustrations, end questions, and notes on authors’ credentials and Disney links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Ruth Adler
Dennis Dobson
London
Bernard Stonehouse
Eric Heath
Reed Science
A. H
A. W. Reed
Ralph Kean
J. A. F. Garrick
Reed Science Colourbooks
A W. Reed
Alfred G. Milotte
Helen Damrasch Tee-Van
Angus and
Robertson
Colorado
United States
California
New York
Australia
New Zealand
New Zealand Forest Service
Victoria University of Wellington
England
America
Alfred G. Milote
Walt Disney
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Court OF Versailles
Allen and Unwin
Karrazini
Sliema
Malta
Isles of the
Middle Sea
Walter Kummerly
Harrap
Maltese Islands
Harold Role
Peter Cowan SE
In Handbook
Rock Gardens
Gardens OF the World
Clyde Company
Angus & Robertson
Green Square
Kingston
East Row
Civic
ZYG
Peter Davies
Tom Clarkson
Abelard Schuman
J. AM. Scott. Heimemanny
School and Childrens Libraries
Sara Innis Feswick
Children's Libraries
F. W. Cheshire
Melbourne
ACT
Council of Canberra
George Buick
University of Papua
New Guinea
Sara Kenwick
By L. J. Tassie
Flense
Appointme, Framing CO
Quranrfy
Harper and Row
Verity Hewitt
Garema Arcade
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