Download or read book The Favourites of Louis XIV written by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency Classic Reprint written by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency Destined for great things, his life was passed in a nar row sphere, for this brilliant young officer, offended by an appointment which he considered unjust, it having been made by an underling of the Ministry, threw up his commission in the army and for a long time was satisfied to remain a simple courtier. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Favourites of Louis XIV written by Ernest Alfred Vitzetelly and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sylvandire written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sylvandire: A Romance of the Reign of Louis XIV "The reign of Louis XIV.," says M. Arsfcne Hous-saye,1 "is divided into three periods, dominated by three influences, - three stars, three women. "The first is the epoch of half-Spanish, half-French gallantry. It is personified in Mademoiselle de la Vallikre. . . . "The second period of the reign is symbolized by Madame de Montespan, . . . who exults in being queen by grace of Love. With her opens the military epic, the era of conquest. The tendency is to materialism of the heart, to paganism of sentiment ... It is the age of action, of maturity, of strength. Everything yields to the victorious king, - citadels and women. "The third and last part of the reign is summed up in Madame de Maintenon. Sensual mysticism has replaced the pomp and activity of the old court. The dying century becomes a hermit, glory takes the veil. . . . Louis XIV., that king over whom a woman reigns, droops slowly toward his grave. . . . Madame de Maintenon is the hand by which the Gallican church sways the old age of Louis XIV. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Louis XIV and Madame De Maintenon Classic Reprint written by Charlotte Lady Blennerhassett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Louis XIV and Madame De Maintenon The proud, excitable saint-simon had revenged himself for the indifference with which She seems to have overlooked his person and even his name, which she mentions but once in the course of many years.1 The reasons for the Duchess of Orl'ans' hatred were more complicated, and Madame de Maintenon was not ignorant as to their nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Favourites of Louis XIV written by Le Petit Homme Rouge and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
Download or read book FAVOURITES OF LOUIS XIV written by Ernest Alfred 1853-1922 Vizetelly and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prisoners of the Sea written by Florence Morse Kingsley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Prisoners of the Sea: A Romance of the Time of Louis XIV., King of France She's going now exclaimed one of the watchers suddenly in a loud husky whisper. The woman nearest him threw up her head with a sharp cry. As if in answer to the cry the wreck leapt upward convulsively then disappeared amid a sudden. Fury of boiling surges. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Friend at Court written by Jessie Emerson Moffat and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Friend at Court: A Romance of the Days of Louis XIV Louvois he said. I remember that my father had little confidence in him. You know he has been much opposed to your coming to Paris whenever you mentioned it in your letters, and I am afraid he will not help you as you expect. He has too many matters of state on his hands to pay much heed to my letters, but when he knows we are here and sees us he will, I am sure, do all in his power to aid us and we will see the King. Do you realise it? The King! I hope so, Victor returned. But I still think you place too much reliance and trust in Monsieur Louvois, though we have but a short time to wait now, and to-morrow will decide the matter. But neither the trusting Francois nor the doubting Victor fully understood the subtle ness of character of Francois Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Influence of Liberty Taste written by James Pech and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Influence of Liberty, Taste: Ages of Augustus and Louis XIV The opinion that refinement and elegance will probably be more studied and improved among the subjects of an absolute, than among citizens of a free, government, seems to have arisen from a partial observation of the condition of Taste in the French Monarchy of that time, and of what happened in Rome when Octavius made himself master of her liberties and of the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Favourites of Louis Xiv written by HardPress and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Louis the Fourteenth Vol 6 written by Julia Pardoe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Louis the Fourteenth, Vol. 6: The Court of France in the Seventeenth Century Anticipations of the Dauphin - The Female Cabal Prejudices of the Dauphin - Death of Pere la Chaise The new Confessor, Michel le T ellier; His Portrait Famine of I7og - Royal Plate Once More Sent to the Mint - Military Reverses - Egotism of Louis XIV. The Duke of Fronsac - Children of the Duchess of Bourgogne - Death of the Duke of Bourbon - Conde Marriage of the Duke of Berri; His Portrait - Charac ter of His Bride - The Union an Unhappy one-the Children of the Duke of Maine Created Princes of the Blood - Ah Unpleasant Interview - Murmurs of the Courtiers - Victory of Villa Viciosa - Death of the Emperor Joseph - Public Joy - Illness and Death of the Dauphin - A Prince and His Mistress - Dispersion of the Meudon Cabal - The Duke of Bourgogne Dau phin of France - Isolation of the Duchess of Bourbon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Kings Favourites Classic Reprint written by Francis Bickley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Kings' Favourites It would be easy to write a sentimental preface to such a book as this easy, that is, if the author happened to be a sentimentalist. And if he were a moralist, he might well write a moral preface. That would be a big matter, how ever. Apart from the little difficulty of defining good and evil, every case would have to be judged on its merits. There is no fixed ratio of king to favourite. For instance, there is a world of difference between the grasping Alice Perrers, taking advantage of an old man's dotage, pretty, frivolous Jane Shore, a ready prey to royal seduction, and Diane de Poitiers, with her affection, part maternal, part sentimental, part political, for a lover twenty years her junior. And the attitude of kings to favourites of their own sex is just as complicated and just as delicate a subject of investigation as their attitude to their mistresses. For those to whom it will give satisfaction, however, it may be pointed out that of the five frail ladies of whom this books treats, three outlived their loves and ended their days in varying degrees of misery and loneliness, and the other two died in the pains of unhallowed child-bearing; while of the men, few escaped a death of violence. But the fact of the matter is, that the author is no sentimentalist and little of a moralist. As to his merits as a historian, let the ensuing pages decide. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Real Queen of France written by Lisa Hilton and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The resplendent sex symbol of the splendid century'... The reign of Athenais de Montespan as principal mistress of Louis XIV corresponds with the most glorious period of the Grand Siecle. Athenais was 'the true Queen of France', symbol of a dazzling French culture in the seventeenth century. As a lover, she risked the disgrace of double adultery to conduct an affair which scandalized Europe; as a patron she supported many of the leaders of the cultural renaissance including Moliere and Racine; as a mother she is the ancestor of most of the royal houses of Europe. The greatest beauty of her day, Athenais lived her life publicly and sensationally until accusations of witchcraft forced her from power in the 'Affair of the Poisons', a mystery which remains unsolved. She fascinates not only because she achieved power at a time when it was denied to most women, but because she achieved that power through her manipulation of a prescribed role.
Download or read book Catalog of Reprints in Series written by Robert Merritt Orton and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalog of Reprints in Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Court of France in the Seventeenth Century Vol 5 Classic Reprint written by Julia Pardoe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Court of France in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 5 Increasing Favour of Madame de Montespan - The Crown of Agrippina - Puerility of Monsieur - Madame Scarron - Generosity of Madame de Montespan - Madame Scar ron Gouvernante - Disgust of Louis XIV. To St. Germain - Superstitious terrors-birth of the Duke of Maine The baby-abbot - The New Marquise - Portrait of Ma dame de Maintenon by La Valliere - Wretchedness of La Valliere - Harshness of Louis XIV. - Second Flight of La Valliere to a Convent - A Night with the Carmelites - Mission of M. Colbert - Ostentation of Madame de Montespan - Indignation of the Clergy - M. De Bossuet and the Favourite - The African Embassy - The Sec ond Wife of the Sovereign - The Missionaries - The Black Dwarf - Accouchement of the Queen - The New Duchess of Orleans Her Reception at the French Court Her Portrait by Her Own Hand Her Personal Habits; Her self-respect - Lauzun at Pignerol - Fouquet and Lauzun - T he Duke of Longueville. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
