The Passing of Louis XIV, Vol. 5: 1714 1717, an Abridged Translation With Notes From the Memoirs of the Duke De Saint-Simon (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Arkwright, Francis

9780484188630: The Passing of Louis XIV, Vol. 5: 1714 1717, an Abridged Translation With Notes From the Memoirs of the Duke De Saint-Simon (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0484188631 ISBN 13: 9780484188630

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from The Passing of Louis XIV, Vol. 5: 1714 1717, an Abridged Translation With Notes From the Memoirs of the Duke De Saint-Simon

Duchess of Orleans - Her personal appearance-her character Her extraordinary pride - Madame Lucifer - Her timidity and lazi ness - Relations with her brothers - Her household - The Saint Pierres - Madame Sforza - The Duchess of Orleans tries to conciliate society - Dinner-parties - The Duchess of Berry - Her appearance and character - Her intrigue with La Haye - Her hatred for her mother - Her father alarmed about her - Madame - Her character and manners - A Princess of the old type - Her hatred of the bastards - Her relations with her son - Her afiectionate treatment of her - The Duke of Orleans' difficulties in his family circle - The Duchess prefers her brother's interests to his - Necessity for concealing his plans from her pp. 138453.

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