Author : Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 40,47 MB
Release : 2001-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226473208
The Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755) was a self-obsessed courtier and chronicler of court life under Louis XIV. Drawing heavily on his memoirs, historian Ladurie offers a wonderful portrait of life with Louis, focusing on issues of hierarchy and rank in this tightly controlled universe. Illustrations.