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English summary: Of these 600 quotations, some are excerpts from writings by witnesses, memorialists and the reign's countless historians, while others originate from the monarch's correspondence and writings, just as they were written, dictated or inspired by him. Readers will delight in this portrait of a multifaceted figure - so prominent, yet little known in terms of his personality, thought and exercise of power.Here, then, is a small book to be read however we choose, blending the pleasure of rediscovering the very familiar with the excitement of new insights. It can be enjoyed as much by amateurs of history as by scholars. It delves into a glorious and legendary past full of secrets and shadows, unearthing illuminations which can still help to clarify the uncertain present and future of a country whose conscience and capacity to imagine have been strongly influenced by this tumultuous reign, seemingly cloaked in unperturbed glory. In this year 2015, which promises to be very Louis XIV-oriented, it will be one of the paperbacks people will buy as gifts, consult, or plunge into and pick passages from, without having to read them all in one sitting. From anthologies it derives the charm of "interruptible" reading, and from historical studies, the benefit of an itinerary for a tour of the great reign, guided by its king. French description: Voici, en quelque 600 citations classees et contextualisees, un portrait par lui-meme du plus celebre des rois de France. Un roi dont la celebrite a brouille l'image sous la legende. Un roi qui n'a jamais dit: L'Etat, c'est moi, mais qui a confie sur son lit de mort en riant, assurent les temoins: Je m'imaginais qu'il etait plus difficile de mourir que cela; je vous assure que ce n'est pas une grosse affaire... En citant ses propos les plus originaux, rapportes par les memorialistes, les chroniqueurs et les historiens, et surtout en les prelevant dans ses ecrits politiques et dans sa vaste correspondance, cet ouvrage a tente de traquer la personne du Roi-Soleil en filigrane de son personnage: son caractere, ses relations familiales et amoureuses, ses principes, ses convictions et ses gouts, ses idees parfois si modernes, mais aussi ses entetements et ses aveuglements - et puis surtout, trop ignore et toujours surprenant, ce talent d'ecrivain qui colore ses paroles d'un style qui le fit surnommer le roi de la langue . Cela dit, quelle que fut sa personne, l'effort constant que fit Louis XIV pour la conformer a la certaine idee qu'il se faisait de son personnage aura sans doute ete l'imperatif majeur de sa vie, qui se devine tout au long de ce livre: lecon d'humilite paradoxale a la racine d'un orgueil solaire .Patrick Dandrey enseigne la litterature et la culture francaises du XVIIe siecle a l'Universite Paris-Sorbonne. Specialiste de Moliere et La Fontaine, il a publie aux Belles Lettres Quand Versailles etait conte. La cour de Louis XIV par les ecrivains de son temps (2009).


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  • ISBN-13: 9782251445281
  • Publisher: Les Belles Lettres
  • Publisher Imprint: Les Belles Lettres
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Mots Et Propos Du Roi-Soleil
  • Width: 127 mm
  • ISBN-10: 2251445285
  • Publisher Date: 13 Mar 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 191 mm
  • No of Pages: 474
  • Series Title: Romans, Essais, Poesie, Documents
  • Weight: 349 gr

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