Louis XIV

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"The most sympathetic account of Louis XIV as a man that we have. Written with scholarly : ' distinction and taste"
A. L. ROWSE
Louis XIV canie to the throne at the age of four, and by 1715, the yej^'of his death, had made France into the most powe:rfulwa:nd civilized nation in Europe. Treating accepted views with proper scepticism, Vincent Cronin has gone back to cç/ntemporary sources to discover the true nature of Louis • XIV. From this classic biography emerges not only a masterful portrait of a vigorous and cultivated monarch but also an overview of an entire civilization inspiring and reflecting the gldry of the Sun King.
"A model biography. It is popular without descending to the trivial, and a wide knowledge of the grand siecle in all its varied ^ manifestations is conveyed with considerable literary grâce"
.Times Educational Supplement
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"He commands an eloquenj: style, as we know from his previous works, and this biography is based upon wide reading. The result... Tovább

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"The most sympathetic account of Louis XIV as a man that we have. Written with scholarly : ' distinction and taste"
A. L. ROWSE
Louis XIV canie to the throne at the age of four, and by 1715, the yej^'of his death, had made France into the most powe:rfulwa:nd civilized nation in Europe. Treating accepted views with proper scepticism, Vincent Cronin has gone back to cç/ntemporary sources to discover the true nature of Louis • XIV. From this classic biography emerges not only a masterful portrait of a vigorous and cultivated monarch but also an overview of an entire civilization inspiring and reflecting the gldry of the Sun King.
"A model biography. It is popular without descending to the trivial, and a wide knowledge of the grand siecle in all its varied ^ manifestations is conveyed with considerable literary grâce"
.Times Educational Supplement
I
"He commands an eloquenj: style, as we know from his previous works, and this biography is based upon wide reading. The result seerris to me highly enjoyable it does not contain one dull page" IRAYMOND MORTIMER, Sunday Times
"Mr Cronin has joined that select band of historians who write history as literature"
SIR CHARLES PETRIE, Illustrated London News
"Written. with-crisp, firm style and admirably organized . . . the best-balanced account of the whole reign to appear in years"' ' The Times
Cover painting: Louis XIV, King of France by Hyacinthe Rigaud (i6$ç-i74s) -Photo © R.M.N./Louvre Vissza