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Loading... Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency (edition 1910)by The Duke of Saint-Simon
Work InformationMemoirs of Louis XIV and his court and of the regency (3 volumes) by duc de Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon
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Belongs to SeriesMemoirs of the Courts of Europe (11-13)
Duc de Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1675-1755) was a French soldier, diplomat and noted diarist. A French courtier during the 18th century, today he's best known for the comprehensive multi-volume memoirs, which depict life in France at the time. He was an indefatigable writer, and he began very early to record all the gossip he collected, all his interminable legal disputes over precedence, and a vast mass of unclassified material. He is petty, unjust to private enemies and to those who espoused public views contrary to his as well as being an incessant gossip. Yet he shows a great skill for narrative and for character-drawing; he has been compared to Tacitus, and to historians such as Livy. He had a profound influence on writers like Tolstoy, Barbey d' Aurevilly, Flaubert, Valle-Inclán, Proust, Mujica Láinez, and many oth No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)944.033History and Geography Europe France and region France Bourbon 1589-1789 Louis XIV 1643-1715; War of Spanish succession ; XVIIth CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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