Saint-Simon at Versailles

by Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon, Lucy Norton

Saint Simon at Lucy Saint Simon at Harmony FIRST First Edition, First Printing. Published by Harmony Books, 1980. Quarto. Hardcover. Book is like new with very light toning to the page ends. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. Seller 320935 Biography & Letters

Genres: Biography, France, History

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1953

About the author

French diplomat Louis de Rouvroy with title of duc de Saint-Simon wrote memoirs, a valuable historical source, of the court of Louis XIV.

This grandee served as a soldier. A mother bore him at the Hôtel Selvois, 6 Rue Taranne, demolished in 1876 to make way for the Boulevard Saint-Germain.

His enormous classic of literature give the fullest and most lively account at Versailles of the Régence at the start of reign.

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Reviews

[Darran Mclaughlin]

I thought this was great, though a 300 page abridgement was enough for me. I didn't need the whole 2,500 page version.