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02784aam a22003974a 4500 001 4EBAB5B095C211E6B0265CBFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161019010131 008 120109r20121966nyu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2012000749 020 $a 1590174917 020 $a 9781590174913 035 $a (OCoLC)768170762 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OQX $d BWX $d IG# $d CDX $d OCLCO $d EDK $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-fr--- 050 00 $a DC129 $b .M575 2012 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Mitford, Nancy, $d 1904-1973. 245 14 $a The Sun King : $b Louis XIV at Versailles / $c Nancy Mitford ; introduction by Philip Mansel. 260 $a New York : $b New York Review Books, $c ©2012. 300 $a 189 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a NYRB classics 505 0 $a Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1: House -- 2: Builders -- 3: Mortemarts -- 4: Envelope -- 5: Governess -- 6: Poison -- 7: City of the rich -- 8: Grand dauphin -- 9: Queen's staircase -- 10: Young generation -- 11: New regime -- 12: Faculty -- 13: Saint-Cyr, the school -- 14: Saint-Cyr the convent -- 15: Lord Portland's embassy -- 16: Turn of the century -- 17: Mourning -- 18: Martial noises off -- 19: Three in eleven months -- 20: End -- Sources -- Index. 520 $a Overview: The Sun King is a dazzling double portrait of Louis XIV and Versailles, the opulent court from which he ruled. With characteristic elan, Nancy Mitford reconstructs the daily life of king and courtiers during France's golden age, offering vivid sketches of the architects, artists, and gardeners responsible for the creation of the most magnificent palace Europe had yet seen. Mitford lays bare the complex and deadly intrigues in the stateroom and the no less high-stakes power struggles in the bedroom. At the center of it all is Louis XIV himself, the demanding, mercurial, but remarkably resilient sovereign who guided France through nearly three quarters of the Grand Siecle. Brimming with sumptuous detail and delicious bons mots, and written in a witty, conversational style, The Sun King restores a distant glittering century to vibrant life. 500 $a Originally published: London : H. Hamilton, 1966. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-171) and index. 600 00 $a Louis $b XIV, $c King of France, $d 1638-1715. 651 0 $a France $x History $y Louis XIV, 1643-1715. 651 0 $a France $x Kings and rulers $v Biography. 610 20 $a ChaÌteau de Versailles (Versailles, France) $x History. 830 0 $a New York Review Books classics. 941 $a 2 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204084434.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110070337.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4EBAB5B095C211E6B0265CBFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search