The sun ring /
Mitford, Nancy 1904-1973
The sun ring / by Nancy Mitford. - New York : Harper & Row, [1966]. - 255 p. : illus. (some color) genealogical tables, map, portraits (some color) ; 26 cm. - 9(44)(092) Louis XIV (NLA) .
Includes index
Sources
Contents: The house -- The builders -- The Mortemarts -- The envelope -- The governess -- Poison -- A city of the rich -- The Grand Dauphin -- The Queen's staircase -- The young generation -- The new regime -- The faculty -- Saint-Cyr, the school -- Saint-Cyr, the convent -- Lord Portland's embassy -- The turn of the century -- Mourning -- Martial noises off -- Three in eleven months
During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute control
Louis XIV King of France 1638-1715
France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715
France--Kings and rulers--Biography
9(44)(092) Louis XIV (NLA)
The sun ring / by Nancy Mitford. - New York : Harper & Row, [1966]. - 255 p. : illus. (some color) genealogical tables, map, portraits (some color) ; 26 cm. - 9(44)(092) Louis XIV (NLA) .
Includes index
Sources
Contents: The house -- The builders -- The Mortemarts -- The envelope -- The governess -- Poison -- A city of the rich -- The Grand Dauphin -- The Queen's staircase -- The young generation -- The new regime -- The faculty -- Saint-Cyr, the school -- Saint-Cyr, the convent -- Lord Portland's embassy -- The turn of the century -- Mourning -- Martial noises off -- Three in eleven months
During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute control
Louis XIV King of France 1638-1715
France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715
France--Kings and rulers--Biography
9(44)(092) Louis XIV (NLA)