CHAPTER CXIII
Few events of importance had taken place during my
absence in Spain. Shortly after my return, however,
a circumstance occurred which may fairly claim description
from me. Le...
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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 15
Saint-Simon, Duc de