Memoirs Of A Dwarf At The Sun King S Court

Author : Paul Weidner
Publisher : Terrace Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Courts and courtiers
ISBN : 029920510X

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Memoirs of a Dwarf at the Sun King's Court by Paul Weidner Pdf

Set in the over-scaled, decadent Versailles of Louis XIV, Memoirs of a Dwarf is the story of Hugues, an impoverished dwarf who maneuvers his way up into the very highest of court circles by clandestinely serving the needs of a mob of unscrupulous gamblers, of a priest notorious for saying black Masses at midnight, and--from under the gaming tables--of a number of sex-starved society women, including Louis's mistress. Along the way, Hugues finally discovers the truth of his own identity, a revelation which is a political bombshell and which subjects him to a grisly turn. The story combines historical events and characters--Louis, his mistresses, his outrageous brother Philippe, and many other baroque personalities--with fictitious ones. Hugues's tale reaches its climax during the famous affaire des poisons, the sexual and political scandal that thundered through the royal court and threatened wholesale destruction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCD:31175029470047

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The Publishers Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015066043210

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American Book Publishing Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary agents
ISBN : UCSC:32106020063969

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Guide to Literary Agents by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1582973970

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2006 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN : UOM:39015066381453

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The British National Bibliography by Arthur James Wells Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3004 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 083524749X

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Bowker's Guide to Characters in Fiction 2007 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nancy Mitford
Publisher : Random House
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : France
ISBN : 9780099528883

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The Sun King by Nancy Mitford Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UCSC:32106018158565

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Review of Contemporary Fiction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Duchesse Elizabeth-Charlotte d ́Orleans
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732682317

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The Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency by Duchesse Elizabeth-Charlotte d ́Orleans Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency by Duchesse Elizabeth-Charlotte d ́Orleans

Author : Amir Alexander
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780374714123

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Proof! by Amir Alexander Pdf

An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our world On a cloudy day in 1413, a balding young man stood at the entrance to the Cathedral of Florence, facing the ancient Baptistery across the piazza. As puzzled passers-by looked on, he raised a small painting to his face, then held a mirror in front of the painting. Few at the time understood what he was up to; even he barely had an inkling of what was at stake. But on that day, the master craftsman and engineer Filippo Brunelleschi would prove that the world and everything within it was governed by the ancient science of geometry. In Proof!, the award-winning historian Amir Alexander traces the path of the geometrical vision of the world as it coursed its way from the Renaissance to the present, shaping our societies, our politics, and our ideals. Geometry came to stand for a fixed and unchallengeable universal order, and kings, empire-builders, and even republican revolutionaries would rush to cast their rule as the apex of the geometrical universe. For who could doubt the right of a ruler or the legitimacy of a government that drew its power from the immutable principles of Euclidean geometry? From the elegant terraces of Versailles to the broad avenues of Washington, DC and on to the boulevards of New Delhi and Manila, the geometrical vision was carved into the landscape of modernity. Euclid, Alexander shows, made the world as we know it possible.

Author : Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : France
ISBN : UOM:39015026120611

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon Pdf

Author : George Ripley,Charles Anderson Dana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : PRNC:32101064063710

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The American Cyclopædia by George Ripley,Charles Anderson Dana Pdf

Author : Duke of Saint- Simon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency by Duke of Saint- Simon Pdf

Author : Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : France
ISBN : UOM:39015041866081

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The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon Pdf