Louis XIV Documentary - Biography of the life of Louis XIV The Sun King

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  • Louis XIV: The Power and the Glory

    • ASIN: 1643130153
    • ISBN: 1643130153
    • Manufacturer: Pegasus Books

    An intelligent, authoritative, and often surprising biography of the most famous of French monarchs, by an acclaimed biographer and historian. This stylish and incisive narrative presents readers with a fresh perspective on one of the most fascinating kings in European history. Louis XIV’s story has all the ingredients of a Dumas classic: legenda... [Read More]

  • Louis XIV

    • ASIN: B079VZZ5J1
    • Manufacturer: New Word City, Inc.

    Louis XIV - the Sun King or Louis the Great, as he was also known - ruled France with an iron fist for over half a century, from 1651 to his death in 1715, outliving his son and even his grandson. His court at the Palace of Versailles became the most dazzling on the Continent, and through his intelligence and cunning, he made France the leading pow... [Read More]

  • Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King

    • ASIN: 1400033748
    • ISBN: 1400033748
    • Brand: Anchor Books
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    Louis XIV, the highly-feted “Sun King”, was renowned for his political and cultural influence and for raising France to a new level of prominence in seventeenth-century Europe. And yet, as Antonia Fraser keenly describes, he was equally legendary in the domestic sphere. Indeed, a panoply of women—his mother, Anne; mistresses such as Louise de... [Read More]

  • The Man Who Outshone the Sun King

    • ASIN: 009946828X
    • ISBN: 009946828X
    • Manufacturer: Arrow

    The story — straight out of Dumas — of the rise and fall of Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV’s first finance minister and the man who “outshone the Sun King.”Sometime late in 1664, the musketeer D’Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Nicolas Fouquet to internal exile a... [Read More]

  • Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

    • ASIN: 0143122916
    • ISBN: 0143122916
    • Brand: Blaine Harden
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    With a New ForewordThe heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped. North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. No one born and raised in these camps is known to... [Read More]

  • Versailles: A History

    • ASIN: B071HPHFW6
    • Manufacturer: New Word City, Inc.

    King Louis XIV had many loves, but none as compelling as Versailles, the modest country estate he transformed into one of the world's most spectacular palaces. Here is the dramatic - and tragic - story of Versailles and the men and women who made it their home.

  • No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

    • ASIN: 0767924711
    • ISBN: 0767924711
    • Brand: Random House
    • Size: One Size
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    This gripping and triumphant memoir from the author of The Mountain follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No ... [Read More]

  • Portrait of the King (Theory and History of Literature)

    • ASIN: 0816616043
    • ISBN: 0816616043
    • Brand: Brand: Univ of Minnesota Pr
    • Manufacturer: Univ of Minnesota Pr

    Book by Marin, Louis

  • King Charles II

    • ASIN: 075381403X
    • ISBN: 075381403X
    • Manufacturer: Orion Pub Co

    Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored to his throne in triumph in 1660. Spanning his life both before and after the Restoration, Antonia Fraser's lively and fascinating biography captures... [Read More]

  • No Easy Walk to Freedom (Penguin Modern Classics)

    • ASIN: 0141439300
    • ISBN: 0141439300
    • Brand: Penguin Classics
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

    This collection of Mandela's speeches, letter and writing vividly illustrates the magnetic attractions of one of the foremost campaigners for freedom the world has known. This new edition with revised notes and introduction is a valuable historical document and chronicle of the life and thoughts of a man whose name is synonymous with the fight for ... [Read More]

  • Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama

    • ASIN: 0060987014
    • ISBN: 0060987014
    • Manufacturer: HarperPerennial

  • The Sun King (New York Review Books Classics)

    • ASIN: B005707OZ2
    • Manufacturer: NYRB Classics

  • The Queen's Lover: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1594203377
    • ISBN: 1594203377
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Press

  • One Direction, Justin Bieber, Austin Mahone, Selena Gomez, FREE 1D GLOSSY CENTERFOLD POSTER, Best and Worst of 2012 - December, 2012 J-14 Magazine

    • ASIN: B00F206H9G
    • Manufacturer: BAUER MEDIA GROUP

    Up for sale is the brand new December, 2012 issue of J-14 magazine. This is THE issue your little girl has been begging you to get for her. Features several pin-ups and posters of 1D (check out the scans we uploaded to help you make up your mind). Also featured: pin-ups, posters and articles over Justin Bieber, Josh Hutcherson, Selena Gomez, Bi... [Read More]

  • Princesse of Versailles: The Life of Marie Adelaide of Savoy

    • ASIN: 0395605164
    • ISBN: 0395605164
    • Manufacturer: Ticknor & Fields

    An account of Versailles during the time of Louis XIV, as seen through the eyes of its reigning princess

  • The Creation of Eve

    • ASIN: 0425238709
    • ISBN: 0425238709
    • Manufacturer: Berkley

    "Enormously satisfying...I'm grateful to Cullen for the pleasures of such a splendid read." -Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants. In 1559, a young woman painter flees a scandal involving one of Michelangelo's students, and is taken to the Spanish court, where she becomes the young queen's confidante and lady-in-wa... [Read More]

  • A Gallant of Lorraine [Volume 2 of 2]: Francois, Seigneur de Bassompierre, Marquis D'harouel, Marechal de France (1579-1646)

    • ASIN: 1539317234
    • ISBN: 1539317234
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

    Originally published in 1921, A Gallant of Lorraine: François, Seigneur de Bassompierre, Marquis D’harouel, Maréchal de France (1579-1646) [Volume 1 of 2] contains the 25th to the 42nd chapter, the last chapter, of this two-volume book. A SHORT BIOGRAPHY of FRANÇOIS DE BASSOMPIERRE François de Bassompierre (12 April 1579 – 12 October 1646)... [Read More]

  • The Summer Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

    • ASIN: B00JX1GLTQ
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark

    "A magnificent woman's story told by a brilliant historical novelist; realistic, emotional, vibrant, exciting and unputdownable."—RT Book Reviews, July Top PickScandal, politics, sex, triumphs, and tragedies abound in The Summer Queen, the first novel in a stunning new trilogy, perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory and Sharon Kay PenmanAt the age ... [Read More]

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Life and Legacy of Medieval Europe's Most Famous Queen

    • ASIN: B07DFR5DMP
    • Manufacturer: Charles River Editors

    *Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsLaying next to the tomb effigy of King Henry II in France's Fontevraud Abbey is a curious coffin chiseled in the shape of a young woman in repose. The once vibrant paint on the effigy is flaking, and several areas of the centuries-old tom... [Read More]

  • England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton

    • ASIN: 0099451832
    • ISBN: 0099451832
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Arrow

    The story of Emma Hamilton’s rise, from prostitute to consort of the most famous man in England, has a contemporary ring of the self-made celebrity.Emma Hamilton was only twelve-years-old when she set off for London, initially as a domestic servant, before finding work as an actress’s maid at Drury Lane. Within a short space of time, this indom... [Read More]

  • Louis XIV Documentary - Biography of the life of Louis XIV The Sun King

    Louis XIV: Sun King of France

    Facts You Didn't Know About King Louis XIV of France