{"product_id":"louis-xiv-at-versailles-folio-society-63","title":"Louis XIV at Versailles","description":"\u003cp\u003eLouis XIV at Versailles, a selection from the memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon. Translated and edited by Desmond Flower. Eight leaves of etchings by Gaston Goor. Bound in blue cloth with a design in silver by John Westwood. White dust-jacket printed in blue and black. 22.8x14.9cm. 236pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe palace became both a magnificent residence and a carefully controlled political environment in which the French nobility gathered around the king. The book explores court ceremony, architecture, fashion, politics and daily life at Versailles, showing how Louis used magnificence and ritual as instruments of royal authority. It offers a vivid picture of one of the most influential courts in European history and of the extraordinary culture that developed around absolute monarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216356950355,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421090726227,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/louis-xiv-at-versailles-folio-society-63","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}