Louis XIV, the Real Sun King
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Innovator. Tyrant. Consummate showman. Passionate lover of women.
After the death of King Louis XIII in 1643, the French crown went to his firstborn son and heir, fouryear old Louis XIV. In the extraordinary seventytwo years that followed, Louis le Grand France’s selfstyled ‘Sun King’ ruled France and its people, leaving his unique and permanent mark on history and shaping fashion, art, culture and architecture like none other before. This frank and concise book gives the reader a pe...
After the death of King Louis XIII in 1643, the French crown went to his firstborn son and heir, fouryear old Louis XIV. In the extraordinary seventytwo years that followed, Louis le Grand France’s selfstyled ‘Sun King’ ruled France and its people, leaving his unique and permanent mark on history and shaping fashion, art, culture and architecture like none other before. This frank and concise book gives the reader a pe...


