Introduction -- Catherine de' Medici, the French Cybele -- Absolutism and the sexual politics of pastoral retreat -- Health, hygiene, and the hermitages of Madame de Pompadour -- Marie-Antoinette and the Hameau effect -- Regenerating the monarchy : the Queen's dairy at Rambouillet -- Epilogue.
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