Best Biography Of Louis Xiv - April 2024

Louis XIV: The Power and the Glory

An intelligent, authoritative, and often surprising biography of the most famous of French monarchs, by an acclaimed biographer and historian. This stylish and incisive narrative presents readers with a fresh perspective on one of the most fascinating kings in European history. Louis XIV’s story has all the ingredients of a Dumas classic: legendary beginnings, beguiling women, court intrigue, a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask, lavish court entertainments, the scandal of a mistress who was immersed in the dark arts, and a central character who is handsome and romantic, but with a frighten... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1643130153
• ASIN: 1643130153
• ISBN: 1643130153
• Manufacturer: Pegasus Books

Louis XIV

Louis XIV - the Sun King or Louis the Great, as he was also known - ruled France with an iron fist for over half a century, from 1651 to his death in 1715, outliving his son and even his grandson. His court at the Palace of Versailles became the most dazzling on the Continent, and through his intelligence and cunning, he made France the leading power of Europe. Now, in this masterful biography, historian Olivier Bernier brilliantly recreates Louis XIV's world to reveal the secrets of this monarch's unequaled sovereignty and to explore the singular mystique that surrounds him today.Not only was... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079VZZ5J1
• ASIN: B079VZZ5J1
• Manufacturer: New Word City, Inc.

Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King

Louis XIV, the highly-feted “Sun King”, was renowned for his political and cultural influence and for raising France to a new level of prominence in seventeenth-century Europe. And yet, as Antonia Fraser keenly describes, he was equally legendary in the domestic sphere. Indeed, a panoply of women—his mother, Anne; mistresses such as Louise de la Vallière, Athénaïs de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon; and an array of courtesans—moved in and out of the court. The highly visible presence of these women raises many questions about their position in both Louis XIV’s l... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1400033748
• ASIN: 1400033748
• ISBN: 1400033748
• Brand: Anchor Books
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Man Who Outshone the Sun King

The story — straight out of Dumas — of the rise and fall of Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV’s first finance minister and the man who “outshone the Sun King.”Sometime late in 1664, the musketeer D’Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Nicolas Fouquet to internal exile and life imprisonment in the fortress of Pignerol. There he would be incarcerated in a cell next door to the Man with the Iron Mask.From a glittering zenith as the King’s first minister, builder of the chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, collector of books,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 009946828X
• ASIN: 009946828X
• ISBN: 009946828X
• Manufacturer: Arrow

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

With a New ForewordThe heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped. North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. No one born and raised in these camps is known to have escaped. No one, that is, except Shin Dong-hyuk.In Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden unlocks the secrets of the world’s most repressive totalitarian state through the story of Shin’s shocking imprisonment and his astounding getaway. Shin k... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143122916
• ASIN: 0143122916
• ISBN: 0143122916
• Brand: Blaine Harden
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Versailles: A History

King Louis XIV had many loves, but none as compelling as Versailles, the modest country estate he transformed into one of the world's most spectacular palaces. Here is the dramatic - and tragic - story of Versailles and the men and women who made it their home.

• ASIN: B071HPHFW6
• ASIN: B071HPHFW6
• Manufacturer: New Word City, Inc.

No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

This gripping and triumphant memoir from the author of The Mountain follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the flat, safe worl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0767924711
• ASIN: 0767924711
• ISBN: 0767924711
• Brand: Random House
• Size: One Size
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Portrait of the King (Theory and History of Literature)

Book by Marin, Louis

• ASIN: 0816616043
• ASIN: 0816616043
• ISBN: 0816616043
• Brand: Brand: Univ of Minnesota Pr
• Manufacturer: Univ of Minnesota Pr

King Charles II

Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored to his throne in triumph in 1660. Spanning his life both before and after the Restoration, Antonia Fraser's lively and fascinating biography captures all the vitality of the man and the expansiveness of the age. 'Detailed, sympathetic, and admirably readable' ECONOMIST

• ASIN: 075381403X
• ASIN: 075381403X
• ISBN: 075381403X
• Manufacturer: Orion Pub Co

No Easy Walk to Freedom (Penguin Modern Classics)

This collection of Mandela's speeches, letter and writing vividly illustrates the magnetic attractions of one of the foremost campaigners for freedom the world has known. This new edition with revised notes and introduction is a valuable historical document and chronicle of the life and thoughts of a man whose name is synonymous with the fight for human rights and self-determination.

• ASIN: 0141439300
• ASIN: 0141439300
• ISBN: 0141439300
• Brand: Penguin Classics
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama

• ASIN: 0060987014
• ASIN: 0060987014
• ISBN: 0060987014
• Manufacturer: HarperPerennial

The Sun King (New York Review Books Classics)

• ASIN: B005707OZ2
• ASIN: B005707OZ2
• Manufacturer: NYRB Classics

The Queen's Lover: A Novel

• ASIN: 1594203377
• ASIN: 1594203377
• ISBN: 1594203377
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

One Direction, Justin Bieber, Austin Mahone, Selena Gomez, FREE 1D GLOSSY CENTERFOLD POSTER, Best and Worst of 2012 - December, 2012 J-14 Magazine

Up for sale is the brand new December, 2012 issue of J-14 magazine. This is THE issue your little girl has been begging you to get for her. Features several pin-ups and posters of 1D (check out the scans we uploaded to help you make up your mind). Also featured: pin-ups, posters and articles over Justin Bieber, Josh Hutcherson, Selena Gomez, Big Time Rush, Katy Perry and so much more. We have very few of these in stock! NOTE: If you're a fan and missed this issue, then this sale was made just for you. Then, imagine how happy this will make the little girl in your life and imagine how en... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00F206H9G
• ASIN: B00F206H9G
• Manufacturer: BAUER MEDIA GROUP

Princesse of Versailles: The Life of Marie Adelaide of Savoy

An account of Versailles during the time of Louis XIV, as seen through the eyes of its reigning princess

• ASIN: 0395605164
• ASIN: 0395605164
• ISBN: 0395605164
• Manufacturer: Ticknor & Fields

Love and Louis XIV : The Women in the Life of the Sun King

Fraser, acclaimed historian and author of "Marie Antoinette," casts new light on the splendor and the scandals of the reign of Louis XIV in this dramatic, illuminating look at the women in his

• UPC: 5731540
• Rating: 3.833

Louis XIV

Professor Wolf focuses on the problems of high politics and war, which intrigued Louis and were his instruments of power. Without ignoring the fact that Louis was also a son, husband, lover, and father--as well

• UPC: 13278109
• Rating: 3.0

Love and Louis XIV : The Women in the Life of the Sun King. Antonia Fraser

Fraser, acclaimed historian and author of "Marie Antoinette," casts new light on the splendor and the scandals of the reign of Louis XIV in this dramatic, illuminating look at the women in his

• UPC: 258237423
• Rating: 3.833

History of Louis XIV

History of Louis XIV (Makers of

• UPC: 15044668
• Rating: 4.0

Louis XIV - eBook

Né pour être roi, il le fut dès l'âge de cinq ans, sous la Régence de sa mère Anne d'Autriche et de son principal ministre le cardinal de Mazarin. C'est à la mort de ce

• UPC: 733309668

French Legends: The Life and Legacy of King Louis XIV - eBook

*Includes famous art depicting Louis XIV and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes pictures of the Palace of Versailles*Discusses the reign and legacy of Europe's longest reigning king.*Includes a Table of ContentsEvery time

• UPC: 787506481

La Vie amoureuse de Louis XIV - eBook

BnF collection ebooks - "Cette conscience de lui-même, — de ce qu'il était, de ce qu'il valait, de ce qu'il représentait, — Louis XIV, est-il besoin de l'ajouter ? n'y atteignit que petit à petit.

• UPC: 161834192

LE SIECLE DE LOUIS XIV - eBook

Ce livre unique comprend une biographie de Voltaire et une de ces oeuvres :"LE SIECLE DE LOUIS XIV"Auteur : François-Marie Arouet, dit Voltaire, né le 21 novembre 1694 à Paris et mort dans la même

• UPC: 160045655

Louis XIV - eBook

"Now, in the hour of death, O my God, come to my aid."These were his last words. He sank back insensible upon his pillow. A few hours of painful breathing passed away, and at eight

• UPC: 188778861

La Vie amoureuse de Louis XIV - eBook

Extrait : "Cette conscience de lui-même, — de ce qu'il était, de ce qu'il valait, de ce qu'il représentait, — Louis XIV, est-il besoin de l'ajouter ? n'y atteignit que petit à petit. Il commença

• UPC: 792346473