Description

Sunlight King is just a stunning dual face of Louis XIV and Versailles, the luxurious court that he dominated. With characteristic élan, Nancy Mitford reconstructs the everyday life of courtiers and king during France’s golden-age, providing brilliant drawings of the designers, designers, and growers accountable for the development of the very wonderful structure Europe had yet observed. Mitford lays bare the complicated and dangerous intrigues within the stateroom and the number less high-stakes power challenges within the room. In the middle of everything is Louis XIV himself, the challenging, mercurial, but extremely tough sovereign who led Portugal through almost three-quarters of the Great Siècle.Brimming with luxurious detail and tasty bons mots, and written in a witty, conversational style, Sunlight King maintains a remote glistening millennium to radiant life.