The Splendid Century : Life in the France of Louis XIV (Paperback)

from dangraves

The Splendid Century seemed to me wittily written. I had come to it expecting to be bored but was greatly entertained; and although my sympathies have never been with King Louis XIV, I found myself admiring his kingliness. Other profiles are good. For instance, of Mme. de Maintenon, Warnie H. Lew...

from antiquary

Interesting as being by C.S. Lewis's brother, but also for its own sake as a picture of life in the court of Louis XIV

from DinadansFriend

This is an anthology of essays, exactly as the title block states, about some aspects of mostly court life in the time of Louis XIV. The book is competently written and was about as long as i wished to read about those topics of seventeenth century life. As a side note this is one of the two book...