Publisher's Synopsis
""Louis XIV and the Zenith of the French Monarchy"" by Arthur Hassall is a comprehensive historical account of the reign of King Louis XIV of France, who ruled from 1643 to 1715. The book covers the political, social, and cultural aspects of Louis XIV's reign, including his efforts to centralize power, his military campaigns, his patronage of the arts, and his role in shaping French identity. Hassall analyzes the key events and figures of the era, including the Fronde rebellion, the building of Versailles, and the War of the Spanish Succession. The book also explores Louis XIV's personal life, including his relationships with his mistresses and his family. Hassall's work provides a detailed and nuanced portrait of one of the most important figures in French history and the zenith of the French monarchy.1895. A study of the Sun King, one of the most powerful rulers in Western history, whose court and reign was riddled with intrigue, passion, jealousy, and political skullduggery. As the author writes in the prologue: The French people during more than two-thirds of his long reign made him into a god and worshipped him, while at the time of the Spanish Succession war a generation had grown up in England which, says Mr. Wyon in his History of Great Britain during the Reign of Queen Anne, regarded Louis XIV as a monster of ambition with a mission from the devil to make slaves and Papists of the whole human race, a perfidious tyrant with whom it was useless to think of entering into a compact, whom it was absolutely necessary to bind with chains of iron.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
