Louis XIV. Makers of History Series

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Louis XIV. Makers of History Series

by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

EN·~7 hours·15 chapters

Chapters

15 total
1

Makers of History - Louis XIV. - By JOHN S. C. ABBOTT

0:21
2

PREFACE

2:00
3

ENGRAVINGS.

0:43
4

LOUIS XIV. - Chapter I. - Birth and Childhood. - 1615-1650

37:31
5

Chapter II. - The Boy-King. - 1650-1653

40:12
6

Chapter III. - Matrimonial Projects. - 1653-1656

38:36
7

Chapter IV. - The Marriage of the King. - 1658-1661

39:35
8

Chapter V. - Festivities of the Court. - 1661-1664

42:17
9

Chapter VI. - Death in the Palace. - 1664-1670

43:15
10

Chapter VII - The War in Holland. - 1670-1679

41:01

Description

This volume invites listeners into the world of France’s most famous Sun King, not through battlefield chronicles but through the quieter corridors of his palaces. Drawing on the memoirs of courtiers, it paints vivid scenes of life inside the Louvre, Versailles, and the lesser‑known retreats at Marly and the Tuileries, revealing a ruler whose public magnificence hid private hopes, insecurities, and daily routines. The narrative balances the splendor of court ceremonies with the personal moments that shaped his decisions.

In its first act the book follows Louis’s early years, his inheritance of a troubled kingdom, and the marriage alliances that set the stage for his reign. It also touches on the controversial revocation of the Edict of Nantes, showing how the king’s sense of duty and belief in order clashed with the suffering it caused. Listeners will come away with a nuanced portrait of a monarch whose inner life foreshadowed the forces that later reshaped France.

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Louis XIV. Makers of History Series Makers of History Series

Language

en

Duration

~7 hours (430K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by D. Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2008-10-26

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

1805–1877

A 19th-century American writer and minister, he brought famous lives and sweeping histories to a wide audience. He is especially remembered for vivid, popular biographies and for a bestselling history of Napoleon.

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