Saint-Simon - Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...282

Memoirs of Louis XIV., by The Duke of Saint-Simon

---

spines (183K)

MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XIV

AND HIS COURT AND OF THE REGENCY

BY THE DUKE OF SAINT-SIMON

front1 (122K)

---

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

DETAILED CONTENTS OF THE 15 VOLUMES

VOLUME 1.

CHAPTER I

Birth and Family.Early Life.Desire to join the Army.Enter the
Musketeers.The Campaign Commences.Camp of Gevries.Siege of Namur.
Dreadful Weather.Gentlemen Carrying Corn.Sufferings during the
Siege.The Monks of Marlaigne.Rival Couriers.Naval Battle.
Playing with Fire-arms.A Prediction Verified.

CHAPTER II

The Kings Natural Children.Proposed Marriage of the Duc de Chartres.
Influence of Dubois.The Duke and the King.An Apartment.Announcement
of the Marriage.Anger of Madame.Household of the Duchess.Villars
and Rochefort.Friend of Kings Mistresses.The Marriage Ceremony.
Toilette of the Duchess.Son of Montbron.Marriage of M. du Maine.
Duchess of Hanover.Duc de Choiseul.La Grande Mademoiselle.

CHAPTER III

Death of My Father.Anecdotes of Louis XIII.The Cardinal de
Richelieu.The Duc de Bellegarde.Madame de Hautefort.My Fathers
Enemy.His Services and Reward.A Duel against Law.An Answer to a
Libel.M. de la Rochefoucauld.My Fathers Gratitude to Louis XIII.

CHAPTER IV

Position of the Prince of Orange.Strange Conduct of the King.Surprise
and Indignation.Battle of Neerwinden.My Return to Paris.Death of La
Vauguyon.Symptoms of Madness.Vauguyon at the Bastille.Projects of
Marriage.M. de Beauvilliers.A Negotiation for a Wife.My Failure.
Visit to La Trappe.

CHAPTER V

M. de Luxemhourgs Claim of Precedence.Origin of the Claim.Duc de
Piney.Character of Harlay.Progress of the Trial.Luxembourg and
Richelieu.Double-dealing of Harlay.The Duc de Gesvres.Return to the
Seat of War.Divers Operations.Origin of These Memoirs.

CHAPTER VI

Quarrels of the Princesses.Mademoiselle Choin.A Disgraceful Affair.
M. de Noyon.Comic Scene at the Academie.Anger and Forgiveness of
M. de Noyon.M. de Noailles in Disgrace.How He Gets into Favour Again.
M. de Vendome in Command.Character of M. de Luxembourg.The Trial
for Precedence Again.An Insolent Lawyer.Extraordinary Decree.

CHAPTER VII

Harlay and the Dutch.Death of the Princess of Orange.Count
Koenigsmarck.A New Proposal of Marriage.My Marriage.That of M. de
Lauzun.Its Result.La Fontaine and Mignard.Illness of the Marechal
de Lorges.Operations on the Rhine.Village of Seckenheim.An Episode
of War.Cowardice of M. du Maine.Despair of the King, Who Takes a
Knave in the Act.Bon Mot of M. dElboeuf.

CHAPTER VIII

The Abbe de Fenelon.The Jansenists and St. Sulpice.Alliance with
Madame Guyon.Preceptor of the Royal Children.Acquaintance with Madame
de Maintenon.Appointment to Cambrai.Disclosure of Madame Guyons
Doctrines.Her Disgrace.Bossuet and Fenelon.Two Rival Books.
Disgrace of Fenelon.

VOLUME 2.

CHAPTER IX

Death of Archbishop Harlay.Scene at Conflans.The Good Langres.
A Scene at Marly.Princesses Smoke Pipes!Fortunes of Cavoye.
Mademoiselle de Coetlogon.Madame de Guise.Madame de Miramion.Madame
de Sevigne.Father Seraphin.An Angry Bishop.Death of La Bruyere.
Burglary by a Duke.Proposed Marriage of the Duc de Bourgogne.The
Duchesse de Lude.A Dangerous Lady.Madame dO.Arrival of the
Duchesse de Bourgogne.

CHAPTER X

My Return to Fontainebleau.A Calumny at Court.Portrait of M. de La
Trappe.A False Painter.Fast Living at the Desert.Comte
dAuvergne.Perfidy of Harlay.M. de Monaco.Madame Panache.The
Italian Actor and the False Prude.

CHAPTER XI

A Scientific Retreat.The Peace of Ryswick.Prince of Conti King of
Poland.His Voyage and Reception.King of England Acknowledged.Duc de
Conde in Burgundy.Strange Death of Santeuil.Duties of the Prince of
Darmstadt in Spain.Madame de Maintenons Brother.Extravagant Dresses.
Marriage of the Duc de Bourgogne.The Bedding of the Princesse.Grand
Balls.A Scandalous Bird.

CHAPTER XII

An Odd Marriage.Black Daughter of the King.Travels of Peter the
Great.Magnificent English Ambassador.The Prince of Parma.
A Dissolute Abbe.Orondat.Dispute about Mourning.M. de Cambrais
Book Condemned by M. de La Trappe.Anecdote of the Head of Madame de
Montbazon.Condemnation of Fenelon by the Pope.His Submission.

CHAPTER XIII

Charnace.An Odd Ejectment.A Squabble at Cards.Birth of My Son.
The Camp at Compiegne.Splendour of Marechal Boufflers.Pique of the
Ambassadors.Tesses Grey Hat.A Sham Siege.A Singular Scene.
The King and Madame de Maintenon.An Astonished Officer.
Breaking-up of the Camp.

CHAPTER XIV

Gervaise Monk of La Trappe.His Disgusting Profligacy.The Author of
the Lords Prayer.A Struggle for Precedence.Madame de Saint-Simon.
The End of the Quarrel.Death of the Chevalier de Coislin.A Ludicrous
Incident.Death of Racine.The King and the Poet.King Pays Debts of
Courtiers.Impudence of M. de Vendome.A Mysterious Murder.
Extraordinary Theft.

CHAPTER XV

The Farrier of Salon.Apparition of a Queen.The Farrier Comes to
Versailles.Revelations to the Queen.Supposed Explanation.
New Distinctions to the Bastards.New Statue of the King.
Disappointment of Harlay.Honesty of Chamillart.The Comtesse de
Fiesque.Daughter of Jacquier.Impudence of Saumery.Amusing Scene.
Attempted Murder.

CHAPTER XVI

Reform at Court.Cardinal Delfini.Pride of M. de Monaco.Early Life
of Madame de Maintenon.Madame de Navailles.Balls at Marly.An Odd
Mask.Great DancingFortunes of Langlee.His Coarseness.The Abbe de
Soubise.Intrigues for His Promotion.Disgrace and Obstinacy of
Cardinal de Bouillon.

CHAPTER XVII

A Marriage Bargain.Mademoiselle de Mailly.James II.Begging
Champagne.A Duel.Death of Le Notre.His Character.History of
Vassor.Comtesse de Verrue and Her Romance with M. de Savoie.A Race of
Dwarfs.An Indecorous Incident.Death of M. de La Trappe.

VOLUME 3.

CHAPTER XVIII

Settlement of the Spanish Succession.King William III.New Party in
Spain.Their Attack on the Queen.Perplexity of the King.His Will.
Scene at the Palace.News Sent to France.Council at Madame de
Maintenons.The Kings Decision.A Public Declaration.Treatment of
the New King.His Departure for Spain.Reflections.Philip V. Arrives
in Spain.The Queen Dowager Banished.

CHAPTER XIX

Marriage of Phillip V.The Queens Journey.Rival Dishes.
A Delicate Quarrel.The Kings journey to Italy.The Intrigues against
Catinat.Vaudemonts Success.Appointment of Villeroy.The First
Campaign.A Snuffbox.Prince Eugenes Plan.Attack and Defence of
Cremona.Villeroy Made Prisoner.Appointment of M. de Vendome.

CHAPTER XX

Discontent and Death of Barbezieux.His Character.Elevation of
Chamillart.Strange Reasons of His Success.Death of Rose.Anecdotes.
An Invasion of Foxes.M. le Prince.A Horse upon Roses.Marriage of
His Daughter: His Manners and Appearance.

CHAPTER XXI

Monseigneurs Indigestion.The King Disturbed.The Ladies of the
Halle.Quarrel of the King and His Brother.Mutual Reproaches.
Monsieurs Confessors.A New Scene of Wrangling.Monsieur at Table.
He Is Seized with Apoplexy.The News Carried to Marly.How Received by
the King.Death of Monsieur.Various Forms of Grief.The Duc de

Next page

1234567...282

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete»

Look at similar books to Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Bayle St. John

The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint Simon

Baron Louis-François-Joseph de Bausset-Roquefort

Private Memoirs of the Court of Napoleon

Mme. Du Hausset

Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Complete

Orléans

Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Complete

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete

Various

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete

Duc de Saint-Simon

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency: Complete (Illustrated)

Louis de Montfort

The Saint Louis de Montfort Collection [7 Books]

Phillips

St. Louis Noir

Balfour

48 Hours in St Louis

Campan

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette

Cara Black

Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis

Discussion, reviews of the book Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.