Visit Versailles : Masterpieces of the Chateau and of the Museum By Beatrix Saule, head curator.

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A handsomely illustrated book, a souvenir of your visit and a history essay, Visit Versailles is all three at the same time. Available in nine languages, including English, it is essential reading for discovering and understanding the palace and its gardens, the Trianon palaces and Marie-Antoinette's estate. With its clear explanations, its detailed maps, its boxed sections on daily life at the court, its chronology and its spectacular photographs, Visit Versailles gives you all the keys for finding your geographic and historical bearings in this extraordinary place which reflects the magnificence and power of Louis XIV.