SECTION I.
If my father had loved me as well as I loved him he
would never have sent me into a country so dangerous
as this, to which I came through pure obedience and
against my own inclination. ...
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CHAPTER I
Birth and Family.—­Early Life.—­Desire
to join the Army.—­Enter the
Musketeers.—­The Campaign Commences.—­Camp
of Gevries.—­Siege ...
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Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon Biographies (1)
The French writer Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de Saint-Simon (1675-1755), provides in his classic "Memoirs" a major source of information on the court of the "Sun King," Louis XIV.The Duc de Saint-Simon was...
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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01
Saint-Simon, Duc de