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Marie Antoinette: The Journey, Antonia Fraser

Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun: The Odyssey of An Artist in An Age of Revolution
Gita May, Yale University Press (2005),

Selected Letters of Madame de Sévigné
Penguin Books (1982).

Available June 2006
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A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer
Elisabeth de Feydeau, Jane Lizop
St. Martins Press

Tea With Jane Austen
by Kim Wilson

"Kim Wilson takes us back to Jane Austen’s time and shows us how the humble cup of tea formed an intrinsic part not only of Jane Austen’s life and works but of her society. The book is well-researched and wide-ranging. Ms. Wilson has an engaging sense of humor...a true Janeite enjoyment of the ridiculous."—Austenblog

Madame de Sévigné
Frances Mossiker, Columbia University Press, NY (1985).

A biography of the noted 17th century French writer interweaves the life and career of Madame de Sevigne with a selection of her letters to her daughter, offering a revealing glimpse of life at the court of Louis XIV.

The Jane Austen Cookbook
Maggie Black, Random House.(2002)

A Selection of recipes connected to the Austen family and modernized for present day kitchens. A fascinating introduction describes Jane's own interest in food drawing on her letters and novels, and explains the social conventions of shopping, eating and entertaining in the late Georgian and Regency England. Illustrated throughout. 128 pages.

Cooking for Kings, The Life of Antonin Carême the First Celebrity Chef
Ian Kelly, St. Martins Press (2005).

A recipe-enhanced profile of one of history's most prolific culinary writers draws on the subject's memoirs to trace his rise to international celebrity chef, a journey during which he traveled throughout Europe and Russia and prepared sumptuous feasts for royalty.

How Proust Can Change Your Life
Alain de Botton, Random House, NY.

A witty study of Marcel Proust that combines elements of a literary biography and analysis and self-help manual as it examines the French writer's thoughts on true love, vacations, dating and other issues.

Also Included on our Reading List

Dining with Proust, Anne Borrell, Random House (1996).

Remembrance of Things Past, Marcel Proust. (many translations available)

Lost Illusions, Honoré de Balzac (many translations available)
"All Balzac's characters are endowed with the zest for life which he himself was animated. All his fabrications are as intensely colored as dreams......"

Flowers and Fruit by Colette, Robert Phelps, ed., Farrar Straus Giroux (1986).

The Festive Tradition, Table Decoration and Desserts in America, 1650-1900, Louise Conway Belden, W.W. Norton & Co., NY (1983).

The Art of Dining, A History of Cooking & Eating, Sara Paston-Williams, The National Trust, Harry Abrams (1994).

A Social History of Tea, Jane Pettigrew, National Trust Enterprises, Ltd. London (2001).

Savoring the Past, The French Kitchen and Table from 1300-1789,Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, (1983)

Diderot Encyclopedia: The Complete Illustrations, Harry Abrams (Sept. 1978).

L'Encyclopedia, French & European Pubns (Oct. 1967).

Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades & Industry, Dover Pictorial Archive Series.