Summary of Nancy Mitford's The Sun King

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#1 The author thanks the following people for their help in the production of this book: Comtesse Carl Costa de Beauregard, Mr Raymond Mortimer, Mr Ian Dunlop, Professor John Lough, Prince Clary, Mr Francis Watson, Mr Tom Wragg, and Mrs St John Saunders.

#2 Louis XIV, the Sun King, was the most famous and beloved king of France. He fell in love with both Versailles and Louise de La Vallière at the same time. He spent his entire life there, and his court was a bivouac between two campaigns. It was a perfect place for him to disport himself away from the eye of the older generation.

#3 Louis XIV, the Sun King, was the most famous and beloved king of France. He fell in love with both Versailles and Louise de La Vallière at the same time. He spent his entire life there, and his court was a bivouac between two campaigns.

#4 Louis XIV, the Sun King, was the most famous and beloved king of France. He fell in love with both Versailles and Louise de La Vallière at the same time. He spent his entire life there, and his court was a bivouac between two campaigns.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350039139

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#1

The author would like to thank Mr Raymond Mortimer, Comte Jean de Baglion, Mr Ian Dunlop, and Professor John Lough for reading and advising on the text.

#2

Louis XIV, the Sun King, fell in love with Versailles and Louise de La Vallière at the same time. He began to give parties there for his young mistress and a band of friends, who were usually 19 years old or younger.

#3

Louis XIV’s visit to Vaux-le-Vicomte gave him the idea of what Versailles could become. He took a lot of loot from the house, and thought himself justified by the fact that its contents had been paid for out of public money.

#4

Louis XIV, the King of France, wanted a house of his own. He chose Versailles, which was a difficult place to build on a large scale. His architects all begged him to pull down the old house, but he insisted on keeping it.

#5

The French King Louis XIV was a country person who loved to spend time outdoors. He built the greatest palace on earth, but it always remained the home of a young man, full of light and air and cheerfulness.

#6

Louis XIV was a very different king than his predecessors. He was tall and dark, with an excellent figure, perfect legs, feet and hands, small but brilliant eyes, and a nose that was good shape but rather pinched above the nostrils.

#7

The King’s life as a grown-up, independent man only began in 1666 after the death of Anne of Austria. She was old enough to have been his grandmother, and was a highly civilized, polite person whom he greatly admired.

#8

The King stopped crying after his mother died. He made Louise de La Vallière a duchess and legitimized their baby daughter, Marie-Anne. He then began working on his house.

#9

The King had three main love affairs during the years following the Divertissement of 1668: with his sister-in-law Madame Henrietta of England, with Mme de Montespan, and with Mme de Maintenon. He