He became king at the age of 4 and reigned for more than 70 years. Voltaire said that the 17th century belonged to him. Napoleon, exiled to St. Helena, called him the greatest of French kings. He made ...
On the 300th anniversary of the Sun King’s death, the writer of a forthcoming biography of France’s most celebrated monarch reflects on the spectacular flourishing of creativity in his reign, and on ...
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