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Author: Philip Mansel
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:
Width: 0.60cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 0.90cm
Weight: 1.202kg
ISBN: 9780226690896
ISBN 10: 022669089
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 01 September 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
No other English-language biography has so successfully given us a portrait of [Louis] as man and monarch. . . . Mansel treads the line between the academic and the accessible effectively, explaining the context of the French monarchy, diplomacy, medicine, Catholicism, queenship, fashion and art. --Times Literary Supplement The best single-volume account of the reign in any language. --Sunday Times You will find no more comprehensive biography of this extraordinary monarch who reigned from 1643-1715. . . . (Mansel's) genius in King of the World lies in unpacking the complexities of Louis' royal court. The contrast is chillingly made between a starving country and the deplorable but engrossing ostentation of Louis' most enduring creation: the Palace of Versailles. --Financial Times
No other English-language biography has so successfully given us a portrait of [Louis] as man and monarch. . . . Mansel treads the line between the academic and the accessible effectively, explaining the context of the French monarchy, diplomacy, medicine, Catholicism, queenship, fashion and art. --Times Literary Supplement The best single-volume account of the reign in any language. --Sunday Times A wonderfully meticulous look at Louis XIV (1638-1715) from a leading historian of France. . . . An impressive, comprehensive biography of the Sun King--a must-add to any Francophile's library. --Kirkus You will find no more comprehensive biography of this extraordinary monarch who reigned from 1643-1715. . . . (Mansel's) genius in King of the World lies in unpacking the complexities of Louis' royal court. The contrast is chillingly made between a starving country and the deplorable but engrossing ostentation of Louis' most enduring creation: the Palace of Versailles. --Financial Times
The best single-volume account of the reign in any language. --Sunday Times No other English-language biography has so successfully given us a portrait of [Louis] as man and monarch. . . . Mansel treads the line between the academic and the accessible effectively, explaining the context of the French monarchy, diplomacy, medicine, Catholicism, queenship, fashion and art. --Times Literary Supplement You will find no more comprehensive biography of this extraordinary monarch who reigned from 1643-1715. . . . (Mansel's) genius in King of the World lies in unpacking the complexities of Louis' royal court. The contrast is chillingly made between a starving country and the deplorable but engrossing ostentation of Louis' most enduring creation: the Palace of Versailles. --Financial Times
Author Information
Philip Mansel is one of Britain’s leading historians of France and the Middle East. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria’s Great Merchant City; The Eagle in Splendour: Inside the Court of Napoleon; and Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean.
