The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV, and the Regency
Auteur: Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon
Nombre de pages: 412 pages
ISBN: ISBN non disponible
Edition: Swan Sonnenschein & Company
Date de publication: Swan Sonnenschein & Company
Description: This work presents the memoirs of Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint-Simon, who was a noble at the court of Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV. Saint-Simon generally disliked how King Louis reigned and disapproved of his bastard children because they ceremonially took precedence over the French nobility, such as himself. Thus, this work offers a differing viewpoint from many histories of the period and is valuable as such.