Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King, Paperback - Antonia Fraser

Reducere. 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 ...

Brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life, from his mistresses to his mother. From the be...

DescriptionInnovator. Tyrant. Consummate showman. Passionate lover of women. After the death of King Louis XIII in 1643, the French crown went to h...

*In 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled slowly southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Ni...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Philip ManselIllustration(s): 24pp colourNumber of pages: 640Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 3...

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Reducere. Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he c...

DescriptionThe reign of Louis XIV of France had a great impact on the course of European and world military history. The years 1643 to 1715 were a ...

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Reducere. King Louis XIVHe was born on September 5th, 1638 in the French lap of luxury otherwise known as the "Chateau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye." This extrav...

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The struggle for Catholic emancipation in 19th century Britain and the shattering of the traditional flow of power that came with the crumbling of ...

Reducere. In this panoramic work of history, Lady Antonia Fraser looks at women who led armies and empires: Cleopatra, Isabella of Spain, Jinga Mbandi, Marga...

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The scandal of nineteenth-century Britain: the sensational trial of Caroline Norton for adultery with the first Victorian Prime MinisterPublisher: ...

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Publisher: iUniverseAuthor(s): Father William (Consultant Child and) YoungNumber of pages: 544Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 222 x 141 x 33Cover...

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Although love is the hallmark of humanity, it is not widely discussed in social work and other related professions with respect to its potential co...

Publisher: Palgrave MacmillanIllustration(s): XIX, 486 p.Number of pages: 486Collection: Document History of Western CivilizationPublication date: ...

The scandal of nineteenth-century Britain: the sensational trial of Caroline Norton for adultery with the first Victorian Prime Minister

The Army of the House of Austria and its evolution during the wars against the Porte and France.

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Studies the way in which status symbols operated as a key tool for defining and redefining identities, relations, and power in the hierarchical wor...

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New life of the legendary French queen, Marie Antoinette, which goes beyond the image of the vacuous uncaring aristo, to reveal a woman who was a p...

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Reducere. The Military Enlightenment brings to light a radically new narrative both on the Enlightenment and the French armed forces from Louis XIV to Napole...

Now available in paperback, this biography draws on Fraser's meticulously kept diaries and recollections to create a memorable portrait of her long...

Autobiography from one of our finest narrative historians, Antonia Fraser. This is the story of her childhood and growing up in in the 1930s and '4...

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DescriptionQua loves Wynner. Wynner loves Qua. Easy enough, right? But Wynner comes with two brothers who can't stand Qua with their baby sister. I...

A fascinating auto-biography of the life of George Stevens Jr. and his life on movie sets.Publisher: The University Press of KentuckyAuthor(s): Geo...

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During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and ...

Reducere. Fran oise d'Aubign , marquise de Maintenon, was born in a French prison in 1635, her father a condemned traitor and murderer, her mother the warden...

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