Saint-Cloud

The clan manor in snooty Saint-Cloud was the scene of wild soirees in the early 1980s, attracting celebrities like actor Alain Delon.

In the Name Of the Father Emma-Kate Symons 2011

Roderic O'Connor is a best price of 14-1 for the 2,000 Guineas and 12-1 for the Derby after winning the Criterium International, a Group One over a mile, at Saint-Cloud.

Levy talks between racing and bookmakers end in familiar stalemate Chris Cook 2010

Hector and Vidocq follow the mystery's trail from a Marais slum to the royal gardens of Saint-Cloud, and as more bodies rise up around them, they find themselves tantalizingly close to unveiling an explosive secretthe whereabouts of Marie Antoinette's sonwhose ultimate fate may have been known only to Hector's own father.

The Black Tower by Louis Bayard: Questions 2008

His fans will not be surprised to learn that he finished strongly but too late in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud just now, failing by a nose to catch Plumania (7-1) in a head-bobbing finish.

Talking Horses 2010

The Bonapartes loved Saint-Cloud and maintained it in great magnificence.

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The château de Saint-Cloud, a country estate owned by the Orléans family on the outskirts of Paris, was bought by Louis XVI for Marie-Antoinette in 1785.

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During the Restoration of 1815-1830, the royal family used Saint-Cloud as a summer residence.

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The King put the palace of Saint-Cloud in the Queen's name, which outraged many French people, since a Queen owning property in her own right and having complete control of it was something that had not happened since the middle ages.

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Saint-Cloud is mentioned a great deal in the novels Trianon and Madame Royale, since for awhile after the royal family were taken prisoner in October 1789 they were still permitted at times to go to Saint-Cloud for the country air and to get some exercise.

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Marie-Thérèse, the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, would often walk from Saint-Cloud to her sanctuary at Villeneuve l'Étang.

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