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Acclaimed author Philippe Erlanger, winner of the Grand Prix d'Histoire de l'Academie Francaise, presents an intimately detailed portrait of France's most powerful and flamboyant ruler. With a novelist's elegant language and psychological insight, Erlanger portrays the Sun King through the decades, showing the crucial effect of a childhood filled with neglect and humiliation, and vividly depicting the King's spectacular style of leadership. "A brilliant, subtle portrait."--"Le Monde." "The best work of history written in France for a century." --"Le Figaro."
| ISBN-13 | 9780297001539 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0297001531 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Pages | 412 pages |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Published On | 1970-01-01 |
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