Brother To The Sun King
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Brother To The Sun King
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Author : Nancy Nichols Barker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-03
Brother To The Sun King written by Nancy Nichols Barker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this biography Barker offers possible explanations for Philippe's, (1640-1701) insatiable appetite for lands and riches, his heroism in battle, and his telling preference for lovers who physically resembled his older brother.
Brother To The Sun King
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Author : Nancy Nichols Barker
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1989-03
Brother To The Sun King written by Nancy Nichols Barker and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
I congratulate the author on a work that is objective and of high quality.Henry, Count of Paris
Brother To The Sun King
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Author : Nancy Nichols Barker
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 1989-03-01
Brother To The Sun King written by Nancy Nichols Barker and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-03-01 with History categories.
In battle he fought with legendary valor ...At court, dressed in silks and ribbons, he openly favored his male lovers ...Despised but feared by his brother, he was the perpetual loser in a lifelong sibling rivalry ...Brother to the Sun King: Philippe, Duke of Orleans.
The Sun King
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Author : Nancy Mitford
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-10-06
The Sun King written by Nancy Mitford and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This gossipy account of Louis XIV is a clear and fascinating historical biography from Nancy Mitford. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STELLA TILLYARD During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute control. The Sun King's universe centred on Versailles, a glittering palace from where Louis conducted his government and complex love affairs. Nancy Mitford describes the daily life of this splendid court in sumptuous detail, recreating the past in vivid colour.
Louis Xiv
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Author : Michel (Prince of Greece)
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1983
Louis Xiv written by Michel (Prince of Greece) and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Louis XIV, whose great prestige earned him the title of "the Sun King," is the most famous of all the French kings. He ruled France in one of its most glorious periods, and remains to this day the supreme symbol of absolute monarchy. Now, in a brilliant new biography, Prince Michael of Greece has revealed a darker side to the Sun King. Drawing on detailed evidence from contemporary records, letters and memoirs, he explored the possibility that, underneath it all, this epitome of kingship was a shy, weak, unstable man of unexpected and intriguing complexity. Prince Michael assesses the continued and enduring influence of Cardinal Mazarin and Louis' mother, Anne of Austria, on the little boy who came to the throne at the age of five but who learned early on to hide his profound insecurity behind the ever more elaborate trappings of monarchy. Here, then, is a vivid portrait of a not particularly intelligent king, secretly poring over textbooks, preferring to command sieges rather than battles because they were more convenient, whose voracious sexual appetite right into his seventies flouted the very conventions he himself tried to impose on a reluctant court at Versailles. Without simply debunking Louis, Prince Michael of Greece succeeds in presenting an iconoclastic biography which shatters many of the accepted myths about the man and his century. The result is a glimpse of the human frailties and inadequacies that lay behind the arrogance, protocol and pageantry of France's greatest king. - Jacket flap.
Royal Maladies
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Author : Alan R. Rushton
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2008
Royal Maladies written by Alan R. Rushton and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
An intensive historical study of the hereditary diseases hemophilia and porphyria in the personal and political lives of the European royal families Part I Nineteenth century medical knowledge of hemophilia as a hereditary bleeding disorder will be considered. Hemophilia appeared in a son born to Queen Victoria in 1853. Hemophilia was transmitted through Victoria’s unaffected daughters to the ruling houses in Germany, Russia and Spain. The political consequences of a chronically ill male heir to the throne fostered the demise of the royal families in these countries. The royal physicians were well aware of the hereditary nature of hemophilia and failed to advise the British royal family on this matter that had significant political consequences for the modern world. Part II The “Madness of King George III” resulted from variegate porphyria, an inherited disorder of heme metabolism. The disorder was evident in: The immediate family of George III, Ancestors from at least the 13th century, Descendents into the 20th century. The malady was inherited by other ruling houses in continental Europe and affected political life there for over six centuries. Genetic analysis will consider how such an anomaly could have been inherited through so many successive generations. Preliminary DNA evidence will be considered to document variegate porphyria in living relatives of the British royal family. Alternate history if these disorders had not plagued the royal families will be considered in conclusion.
A Woman S Life In The Court Of The Sun King
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Author : Charlotte-Elisabeth Orléans (duchesse d')
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
A Woman S Life In The Court Of The Sun King written by Charlotte-Elisabeth Orléans (duchesse d') and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
On 16 November 1671, Liselotte von der Pfalz, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the Elector of Palatine, was married to Philippe d'Orleans, "Monsieur, " the only brother of Louis XIV. The marriage was not to be a happy one. Liselotte (known in France as Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans, or "Madame") was full of intellectual energy and moral rigor. Homesick for her native Germany, she felt temperamentally ill-suited to life at the French court. The homosexual Monsieur, deeply immersed in the pleasures and intrigues of the court, shared few of his wife's interests. Yet, for the next fifty years, Liselotte remained in France, never far from the center of one of the most glorious courts of Europe. And throughout this period, she wrote letters - sometimes as many as forty a week - to her friends and relatives in Germany. It is from this extraordinary body of correspondence that A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King has been fashioned. As introduced and translated by Elborg Forster, the letters have become the remarkable personal narrative of Liselotte's transformation from an innocent, yet outspoken, girl into a formidable observer of great events and human folly.
Love And Louis Xiv
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Author : Antonia Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2008-09-18
Love And Louis Xiv written by Antonia Fraser and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-18 with History categories.
Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's mistresses, principally Louise de La Vallière, Athénaïs de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon, but also the wider story of his relationships with women in general, including his mother Anne of Austria, his two sisters-in-law who were Duchesses d'Orléans in succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson.
The Sun King Conspiracy
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Author : Yves Jégo
language : en
Publisher: Gallic Books
Release Date : 2016-04-04
The Sun King Conspiracy written by Yves Jégo and has been published by Gallic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-04 with Fiction categories.
A tale of religious brotherhoods, corruption, romantic intrigue and political scheming at the court of Louis XIV. 1661 is a year of destiny for France and its young King, Louis XIV. Cardinal Mazarin, the Chief Minister who has governed throughout the King's early years, lies dying. As a fierce power struggle develops to succeed him, a religious brotherhood, guardian of a centuries-old secret, also sees its chance to influence events. Gabriel de Pontbriand, an aspiring actor employed as secretary to Molière, becomes unwittingly involved when documents stolen from Mazarin's palace fall into his hands. The coded papers will alter Gabriel's life for ever, and their explosive contents have the power to change the course of history for France and the Sun King himself.
A Woman S Life In The Court Of The Sun King
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Author : Charlotte Elisabeth,
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
A Woman S Life In The Court Of The Sun King written by Charlotte Elisabeth, and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with France categories.