The Sun King and His Loves

Lucy Norton

H. Hamilton, 1982 - Biography & Autobiography - 156 pages

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User Review  - overthemoon - LibraryThing

a readable, straightforward account of Louis XIV, his wife, mistresses, children, the building of Versailles and his death. On the same subject I enjoyed the romance of l'Allée du Roi (Françoise Chandernagor) more but it is also a lot longer.

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User Review  - RMMee - LibraryThing

I learned a lot about Louis XIV by reading this book. The style is not always that stimulating, but for a general introduction to the subject it is definitely worthwhile. Having played the tourist at ...

Contents

• List of illustrations: 6
• The Sun King and his loves: 13
• X: 53

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Sun King and His Loves
• Author: Lucy Norton
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: H. Hamilton, 1982
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jun 18, 2008
• ISBN: 0241109078, 9780241109076
• Length: 156 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General