Madame de Pompadour et la société de son temps

After 12 years of study and research Jean Nicolle published in 1980 "La Marquise de Pompadour et la société de son temps" ed. Albatros. Mrs de Pompadour gave place, in past, in plentiful one anecdotal literature. Now, it is the very serious work which has just been dedicated to her by Mr. Jean Nicolle. He bases on plentiful one manuscripte documentation notably on numerous details discovered in central Minutier by the Parisian notaries : prenuptial agreements, inventories after deaths, divisions of successions, wills, which all abound in precious information. Using the most modern methods of the social history, Mr Nicolle tried hard to find Jeanne - Antoinette Poisson's provincial and social previous history, future marchioness and future duchess, and to explain his ascenssion... This book constitutes a real cutting in the French society of the XVIIIth century, and contains in particular a good study of its financial circles. Finally, the personality of the favourite is presented to it in moderation and with understanding. (cf Bulletin critique du livre français sept 1980)