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

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 920 EAN: 9781400033744 ISBN: 1400033748 Label: Anchor Manufacturer: Anchor Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: 2007-11-06 Publisher: Anchor Release Date: 2007-11-06 Studio: Anchor
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Editorial Reviews: 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 wife 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 life and in France at large. With careful research and vivid, engaging prose, Fraser makes the multifaceted life of one of the most famous European monarchs accessible and vibrantly current.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Good read Comment: This book was a good factual read on Louis XIV. Anyone with an interest in Louis (or just the era) will enjoy this book. I found no factual errors. Customer Rating: Summary: Entralling portrait of the rising and setting of the Sun King Comment: Antonia Fraser crafts a masterful biography spanning the life of Louis XIV -- using the relationships with the various women in his life (mother, wife, mistresses, daughter in-law, granddaughter in-law) as the pattern that she weaves her tapestry around. Detailed but not overwhelming, she paints an enthralling picture of the Sun King and those in the court who orbited him. A great profile regardless of whether you know little about thi time period or you're seeking to enhance the depth of knowledge that you have. Customer Rating: Summary: Maybe I have lost my ardor for this genre Comment: I used to be fascinatged by these portraits of historical figures, but this one left me bored and skeptical. I have read a few of Ms Fraser's other books and enjoyed them. Particularly her Marie Antoinette. But this one I found dull by the second chapter and now after chapter 7 have set it aside to move on to something else. I will go back and finish, and if my review changes, I will be back to amend this review, but I just felt there is so much interesting history to touch with Louis XIV and this book ignores a lot of it. In addition, her recreations of events as if she is there left me skeptical of their veracity. Obviously this is well researched, but does she really know that court "rushed" to someones side". I guess I shoudl have deduced form the title that this woudl really focus on Louis love life. I just was hoping for something else. There is enough television and movies telling us about the love lives of famous individuals of the present and past. I was more interested in his intellectual persuits, and his accomplishments in architecture and development of France that earned him the nickname of the Sun King. Customer Rating: Summary: VIVE LE ROI Comment: Excellent thorough book. Easy read full of great info on the kings personal life Customer Rating: Summary: GREAT BOOK Comment: this is a great book. the photos inside are great and its quality is amazing More Reviews