This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1965 edition. Excerpt: ...by way of a joke at Court, that there had been a mistake, and that one brother had received what had been intended for the other. The King was in the habit of keeping his mouth open in an awkward way. As he advanced deeper into middle age the King suffered from a variety of small illnesses, but even as physical grace left him, there remained the undeniable and sustained air of majesty. Though his manners were easy and confident, he had to pay a price for supreme responsibility. Gone was the rapture of those idyllic youthful days when he romanced with Marie Mancini or played the guitar in his bathroom. "If he knew the art of reigning," wrote the Duchess of Burgundy, "he was never a moment without exercising it; and therefore he was never at ease with anyone, nor was anyone at ease with him--not even his mistresses." At this stage in life his habits and manners were fixed. Those soliciting favours could obtain an audience with him at Court five or six times a day and would be heard patiently and politely before they received the invariable answer, "I will see," for nothing could be settled lightly. Louis never said anything calculated to give pain and he reprimanded his servants but rarely. Yet he insisted on his authority. Even to the routine requests put forward by his ministers he would give an occasional refusal "to show that he was the master and would not be governed." For Louis was proud and jealous. Although he loved his bejewelled and rather effeminate brother, he refused ever to give him another command after he had been in nominal charge at the victorious battle of Cassel in 1677, for that would have been to throw a screen across the light of the sun. Lionne's successor, Pomponne, was dismissed, possibly because he was of a Jansenist...
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Many people attribute different things to the French Revolution. Ashley attributes the French Revolution to the unwise decisions of Louis XIV. Louis XIV was a smarter, more devoted King than the two who suceeded him. However, he set up the poor tax system and huge expeditures that all that promised later revolution. The tax system taxed the poor and middle class and gave a pass to the nobles and church. He also had the middle class administering his huge empire. Unwise wars made him a
threat to the other states in Europe.
This is an OK read about the Sun King. At a little over 130 pages, the reader should come away with a knowledge of the absolutist monarchy of France.
threat to the other states in Europe.
This is an OK read about the Sun King. At a little over 130 pages, the reader should come away with a knowledge of the absolutist monarchy of France.
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