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* Bernier, Olivier. ''Louis the Beloved: The Life of Louis XV'' (1984) 261 pp.  

* Bernier, Olivier. ''Louis the Beloved: The Life of Louis XV'' (1984) 261 pp.  

* Engels, Jens Ivo. "Denigrer, Esperer, Assumer La Realite. Le Roi de France perçu par ses Sujets, 1680-1750" ["Disparaging, Hoping, Taking on Reality: the French King as Perceived by His Subjects, 1680-1750"]. ''Revue D'histoire Moderne et Contemporaine'' 2003 50(3): 96-126.

* Engels, Jens Ivo. "Denigrer, Esperer, Assumer La Realite. Le Roi de France perçu par ses Sujets, 1680-1750" ["Disparaging, Hoping, Taking on Reality: the French King as Perceived by His Subjects, 1680-1750"]. ''Revue D'histoire Moderne et Contemporaine'' 2003 50(3): 96-126.

* Jones, Colin. ''The Great Nation: France from Louis XIV to Napoleon, 1715-99'' (2002). [http://www.amazon.com/Great-Nation-Napoleon-Penguin-History/dp/0140130934/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203113549&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]

* Jones, Colin. ''The Great Nation: France from Louis XIV to Napoleon, 1715-99'' (2002). [https://www.amazon.com/Great-Nation-Napoleon-Penguin-History/dp/0140130934/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203113549&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]

* Justus, Kevin Lane.  "A Fractured Mirror: The Royal Portraiture of Louis XV and the Search for a Successful Image through Architecture, or, Versailles Is the Thing in Which We Will Catch the Character of the King."  PhD dissertation U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2002. 417 pp.  DAI 2003 63(11): 3766-A. DA3070864  Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]]

* Justus, Kevin Lane.  "A Fractured Mirror: The Royal Portraiture of Louis XV and the Search for a Successful Image through Architecture, or, Versailles Is the Thing in Which We Will Catch the Character of the King."  PhD dissertation U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2002. 417 pp.  DAI 2003 63(11): 3766-A. DA3070864  Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]]

* Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel. ''The Ancien Regime: A History of France 1610 - 1774'' (1999), survey by leader of the [[Annales School]] [http://www.amazon.com/Ancien-Regime-History-France-1610/dp/0631211969/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202469887&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]

* Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel. ''The Ancien Regime: A History of France 1610 - 1774'' (1999), survey by leader of the [[Annales School]] [https://www.amazon.com/Ancien-Regime-History-France-1610/dp/0631211969/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202469887&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]

* Perkins, James Breck. ''France under Louis XV'' (2 vol 1897) [http://www.questia.com/read/95943782 online vol 1]; [http://www.questia.com/read/92007973 online vol 2]

* Perkins, James Breck. ''France under Louis XV'' (2 vol 1897) [http://www.questia.com/read/95943782 online vol 1]; [http://www.questia.com/read/92007973 online vol 2]

* Woodbridge, John D.  "Revolt in Prerevolutionary France: The Prince de Conti's Conspiracy against Louis XV." (1995). 242 pp.   

* Woodbridge, John D.  "Revolt in Prerevolutionary France: The Prince de Conti's Conspiracy against Louis XV." (1995). 242 pp.   

===Primary sources===

===Primary sources===

* Du Barry, Jeanne Vaubernier, Jeanne Baecu. ''Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry: With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV'' (1903) [http://www.questia.com/read/54745415 online edition]; also [http://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Comtesse-intimate-details-favorite/dp/1406923133/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203113549&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]  

* Du Barry, Jeanne Vaubernier, Jeanne Baecu. ''Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry: With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV'' (1903) [http://www.questia.com/read/54745415 online edition]; also [https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Comtesse-intimate-details-favorite/dp/1406923133/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203113549&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]  

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