King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV [Original retail ed.] 1846145996, 978-1846145995

Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, dominated his age. In the second half of the seventeenth century, he extended Fra

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English Pages 608 Year 11 July 2019

King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV [Original retail ed.]
1846145996, 978-1846145995

Commentary
“No other English-language biography has so successfully given us a portrait of Louis as man and monarch. . . . Mansel treads the line between the academic and the accessible effectively, explaining the context of the French monarchy, diplomacy, medicine, Catholicism, queenship, fashion and art.” (Times Literary Supplement)

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