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Offers a biography of Louis XIV that focuses on his relationships with women, discussing his mother, wives, mistresses, liaisons, and children.

Studies the reign of Louis XIV in France and discusses his political views, the historical forces that influenced his choices, the nature of French monarchy, and other related topics.

Illuminates the lives of the Mancini sisters, Marie and Hortense, who abandoned their arranged marriages and the court of Louis XIV of France to live lives on the run, winning the affections of kings and noblemen, spending their time gambling, disguising themselves as men, and publicly disputing the rights of their husbands over their lives.

Examines the life and rulership of France's King Louis XIV to discover how his actions raised the country to its greatest glory, while at the same time forcing its citizens into poverty and misery, thereby sewing the seeds of the French Revolution.

Presents a biography of the Sun King who ruled France from 1651 until 1715.

A biography of "the Sun King" who strengthened France in many ways but at the same time planted the seeds for the French Revolution through his neglect and persecution of peasants and Huguenots.

The author presents a comprehensive study of the life, monarchy, and parentage of seventeenth-century French king Louis XIV and examines his power, character, and his relationships with women, the court, the church, and his subjects.

Gardener Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, admired by King Louis XIV for his mastery over the royal gardens, is invited by the regent to Paris, but, horrified by city life, Quintinie returns to Versailles where he strikes up a friendship with political radical Philippe de Neuville and comes to see the injustice of the king's policies toward the poor.