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Memoirs of Duc de Saint-Simon, 1715-1723: Fatal Weakness

by Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Lucy Norton (Editor and Translator)

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This is the third volume in Lucy Norton's three-volume abridgement and translation of the the memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon, first published in the 1960s. The court of Louis XIV, the Sun King, at Versailles was unequalled for splendour in Europe's history, a hotbed of intrigues and jealousy, passion both political and personal, as well as artistic and literary excellence - this is its memorial. This, like the previous volumes, is peppered throughout with character sketches which bring the period to life.… (more)
18th century (5) autobiography (6) bio-memoir-letters (1) biography (5) Biography & Autobiography (3) European History (2) Felipe V de Borbón 1683/1700-46 king of Spain [Philippe duc d'Anjou 1683-1700; king of Sardinia 1700-08; king of the Two Sicilies 1700-13] (1) France (13) Françoise d'Aubigné ('Mme de Maintenon') 1635-1719 marquise de Maintenon (1) French (3) French History (7) French literature (2) George I Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) 1660/1714-27 king of Great Britain & Ireland [duke & prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1698-1727] (1) Guillaume Dubois OSB cardinal 1656-1723 a/bishop of Cambrai & prince HRE [principal ministre d'État 1722-23; Foreign Minister 1718-23] (1) history (17) James Francis Edward Stuart ('Old Pretender') 1688-1766 [Prince of Wales 1688] (1) John Law 1671-1729 [Contrôleur général des finances 1720] (1) Louis XIV (7) Louis XIV de Bourbon ('Louis le grand'; 'Le roi-soleil') 1638/1643-1715 roi de France & de Navarre (1) Louis XV de Bourbon ('Le bien-aimé') 1710/1715-74 roi de France & de Navarre [duc d'Anjou 1710-12; dauphin 1712-15] (1) memoir (18) Memoir - France - S (1) non-fiction (2) Palais Royal C18th (1) Peter I Romanov the great 1672/1682-1725 [Tsar of All Rus' 1682-1721; Emperor & Autocrat of All Russias 1721-25] (1) Philippe II d'Orléans 1674-1723 [duc d'Orléans 1701-23; régent de France 1715-23] (1) Saint-Simon (Louis de Rouvroy 2e duc de Saint-Simon 1693) GE 1675-1755 (1) Session06-000093_Roger-Weir-Library_Move6_Box0991 (1) to-read (2) Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) FRS 1694-1778 [Ac.fr.1746] (1)
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Plodding a bit. I am enjoying this simply because I have read so much in the era and about this King and his court that I am familiar with the names, places, events so that the behind the scenes look is interesting. I am not sure than anyone coming to it cold would find it riveting. The historical is fascinating in its own right. ( )
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This is the third volume in Lucy Norton's three-volume abridgement and translation of the the memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon, first published in the 1960s. The court of Louis XIV, the Sun King, at Versailles was unequalled for splendour in Europe's history, a hotbed of intrigues and jealousy, passion both political and personal, as well as artistic and literary excellence - this is its memorial. This, like the previous volumes, is peppered throughout with character sketches which bring the period to life.

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