Mitford, Nancy  1904-1973 <br/><br/>
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) .
<br/><br/> Includes index 
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<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Louis XIV  King of France  1638-1715 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>France--Kings and rulers--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>9(44)(092) Louis XIV (NLA)