The Sun King

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penguin
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 1996
Edition: Reprint

Description: 255 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: This work takes as its subject Louis XIV at Versailles - from the moment he decided to transform his fathers 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 Frances 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 Louiss 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 Portlands embassy and the marriage of the Duchess of Bourgogne.

ISBN: 9780140239676