The Sun King: Louis XIV at Versailles - Softcover

Mitford, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140239677 ISBN 13: 9780140239676

Verlag: Penguin, 1994

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Book by Mitford Nancy

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Reseña del editor:

This work takes as its subject Louis XIV at Versailles - from the moment he decided to transform his father's hunting lodge into the greatest palace in Europe to his death there 54 years later. It covers the daily life of the king, the court and the government during the period of France's apogee in military power and artistic achievement. The book discusses the plans for and the building of the palace, and the creation of remarkable elaborate works of art with which it was filled. The book reconstructs the course of Louis's love affairs, culminating in his secret marriage to Madame de Maintenon, episodes such as the affair of the poisons, the creation of the School for Girls at Saint-Cyr, Lord Portland's embassy and the marriage of the Duchess of Bourgogne.

Biografía del autor:

Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was born in London, the eldest child of the second Baron Redesdale. She had written four novels, including Wigs on the Green (1935), before the success of The Pursuit of Love in 1945, which she followed with Love in a Cold Climate (1949), The Blessing (1951) and Don't Tell Alfred (1960). She also wrote four works of biography. Nancy Mitford was awarded the CBE in 1972.

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• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140239677
• ISBN 13: 9780140239676
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256