Louis XIV went down in history as the “Sun King”, and perhaps it can be called the most famous among the French monarchs. There are few people who did not hear about him. For some, Louis is a hero of exciting love stories, for others – the lord of the most magnificent in the history of the court, for the third – the founder of Versailles, the most luxurious country estate in Europe. Louis appears on the pages of the most popular novels by Alexander Dumas, Ann and Serzh Golon, Juliet Benzoni, Louis becomes the hero of many films and even the famous musical … Popular books about him also have been written about him, but most of those that are available to the Russian reader talk about Louis XIV – King, Politics, and the Commander. The new book of Tatyana Smnova and Elena Prokofieva tells about the personal life of the “king king”, about his family, about the immediate environment, about everyday habits, about vices and virtues. About everything that is usually ignored by serious historians, but allows you to create a clear line …
Author
Umnova Tatyana Viktorovna, Prokofieva Elena Vladimirovna
Editor
Skorokhod A.A.
Publisher
Veche, 2014
Series
History Files
16+
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