β Karleen Koen
π Fiction
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2011
π Crown Publishing Group
π English
β 302 KB
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The Sun King: Louis XIV at Versailles
β Scribed by Mitford, Nancy
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1590175069
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1: House -- 2: Builders -- 3: Mortemarts -- 4: Envelope -- 5: Governess -- 6: Poison -- 7: City of the rich -- 8: Grand dauphin -- 9: Queen's staircase -- 10: Young generation -- 11: New regime -- 12: Faculty -- 13: Saint-Cyr, the school -- 14: Saint-Cyr the convent -- 15: Lord Portland's embassy -- 16: Turn of the century -- 17: Mourning -- 18: Martial noises off -- 19: Three in eleven months -- 20: End -- Sources -- Index.;Overview: The Sun King is a dazzling double portrait of Louis XIV and Versailles, the opulent court from which he ruled. With characteristic elan, Nancy Mitford reconstructs the daily life of king and courtiers during France's golden age, offering vivid sketches of the architects, artists, and gardeners responsible for the creation of the most magnificent palace Europe had yet seen. Mitford lays bare the complex and deadly intrigues in the stateroom and the no less high-stakes power struggles in the bedroom. At the center of it all is Louis XIV himself, the demanding, mercurial, but remarkably resilient sovereign who guided France through nearly three quarters of the Grand Siecle. Brimming with sumptuous detail and delicious bons mots, and written in a witty, conversational style, The Sun King restores a distant glittering century to vibrant life.
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