Louis XIV by Bernard Capes (1920)
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By Bernard Capes · First published 1920 · Genre: Biography, Historical Non-Fiction, Political · 2,052 words
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Looking over the inner Cour de Marbre at Versailles Palace were two little rooms, in the main pile of the building, which constituted the very core of privacy in the Petits Appartements du Roi. One was his Majesty's "den," the other his wig-room, and both were elegantly simple, almost severe, in their appointments. In the Galerie des Glaces adjoining, marble, paint, crystal, and silver, in lavish profusion, represented to the public eye the habitual equipage of a Grand Monarch; these more restful surroundings represented to the monarch himself his secret possession of some emotions felt in common with the vulgar herd, to wit, the joys of a retreat where he could do just as he liked, without the necessity of posing to himself or others.
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- Work type: Short story
- Author: Bernard Capes
- Date: 1920 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Biography, Historical Non-Fiction, Political
- Length: 2,052 words
- Structure: 1 section, 24 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Biography — The book focuses on the life and reign of Louis XIV, which makes it a biography
- Historical Non-Fiction — The book provides factual recounting of Louis XIV's life and reign, making it fall under the Historical Non-Fiction genre
- Political — Given Louis XIV's status as a monarch, his life and rule involves a great deal of political elements, hence the Political genre relevance
Tags
Historical Fiction · Biography · France · King Louis XIV · Royalty · European History · Politics · Culture · Society · 17th Century · Renaissance · Enlightenment