Louis XIV: The Golden Cage of Versailles
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Louis XIV, who believed the fate of the most populated, rich and powerful state in Europe, along with Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles de Gaulle, invariably enters the three leaders of the French pantheon of national memory, being with them one of the most controversial heroes of French history. His reign lasted seventy -two years, and the personal rule after the death of Cardinal Mazarini - fifty -four years and went down in history under the name of the Golden Age, the age of Louis XIV or even the Great Age, and he himself - as a Sun king and Louis XIV Great. He managed to spread throughout Europe the exceptional influence of French culture and civilization, and his main creation was Versailles - the heart of France, a symbol of the greatness of royal power and human genius. There the king lived, put on public display, like a person under a glass cap, accessible to the eyes of all his subjects. But Versailles is also a warning: one day the palace can turn into a cage, albeit gold
Author:
Author:Tanshina N.
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Travel & tourism
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:newspaper
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-8071-0571-4
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