sun king louis xiv di mitford nancy (70 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condizione: Good. Light general wear. May have light notes/highlighting. Shelfwear bumped/wrinkled edges Paperback.

Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This work takes as its subject Louis XIV at Versailles - from the moment he decided to transform his father's hunting lodge into the greatest palace in Europe to his death there 54 years later. It covers the daily life of the king, the court and the government during the period of France's apogee in military power and artistic achievement. The book discusses the plans for and the building of the palace, and the creation of remarkable elaborate works of art with which it was filled. The book reconstructs the course of Louis's love affairs, culminating in his secret marriage to Madame de Maintenon, episodes such as the affair of the poisons, the creation of the School for Girls at Saint-Cyr, Lord Portland's embassy and the marriage of the Duchess of Bourgogne. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.61.

Condizione: Very Good. 1st U.S. Edition / Unstated Printing. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Jacket frayed, faded on spine, missing small piece at top of back cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Edge wear to jacket and covers; some spotting to top edge of pages; dated (in blue ink) "Toronto. Dec. 21, 1982." on front of first, decorative leaf. Copyright 1966 by Nancy Mitford; Reprint by Toppan Printing Co.

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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Binding Tight Pages Clean Wraps Worn. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Edition Not Stated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Spine faded and scuffed on edges, corner scuffs, bumps, edge and shelf wear.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Good Plus to Very Good Minus condition, no creases in spine, no slant, text tight clean unmarked, NO age toning, small stain on fore-edge of first few pages, edge wear on covers, one small closed taped tear on front cover at fore-edge, red covers, contains reproductions.

paperback. Reprint. Illustrated profusely in black and white and color. 255 pages. 8vo, printed pictorial wrappers. New York: Harmony Books, (1982). A near fine copy.

Condizione: Gut. Erste Auflage dieser Ausgabe. 256 Seiten mit vielen farbigen und schwarzweiß Abbildungen. 19,5 cm. Guter Zustand. Seiten papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. Aus der Bibliothek der Gräfin Ledebur. Louis XIV was during his reign the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute control. The Sun King's universe centred at Versailles, a glittering palace from whence Louis conducted his government and complex love affairs. Nancy Mitford describes the daily life of this splendid court in sumptuous detail, bringing the distant past to vibrant life. - Nancy Freeman-Mitford, CBE (28 November 1904, London 30 June 1973, Versailles), styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Rodd thereafter, was an English novelist and biographer, one of the Bright Young People on the London social scene in the inter-war years. She was born at 1 Graham Street (now Graham Place) in Belgravia, London, the eldest daughter of Lord Redesdale and was brought up at Asthall Manor in Oxfordshire. Biography - Novelist and biographer: She is best remembered for her series of novels about upper-class life in England and France, particularly the four published after 1945; but she also wrote four well-received, well-researched popular biographies (of Louis XIV, Madame de Pompadour, Voltaire, and Frederick the Great). She was one of the noted Mitford sisters and the first to publicise the extraordinary family life of her very English and very eccentric family, giving rise to a "Mitford industry" which continues. U and non-U: She was an essayist in Noblesse Oblige (1956), which helped to popularise the "U", or upper-class, and "non-U" classification of linguistic usage and behaviour (see U and non-U English) although this is something she saw as a tease and she certainly never took seriously. However, the media have frequently portrayed her as the snobbish inventor and main preserver of this usage. She is credited as editor of the book but in fact the project was organised by the publishers. One of her novels, The Pursuit of Love, had been used by Professor Alan Ross, the actual inventor of the phrase, as an example of upper-class linguistic usage. Letters, journalism and essays: Nancy Mitford's gift as a comic writer and her humour are evident throughout her novels and also in the many articles which she wrote for the London Sunday Times. In the 1950s and 1960s these articles made her appear to be England's expert on aspects of life across Europe. In 1986 her niece by marriage Charlotte Mosley edited some of these works in: A Talent to Annoy; Essays, Journalism and Reviews 19291968. She was a noted letter-writer and her correspondence has been edited by her niece as: Love from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford (1993) and in The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh (1996); also The Bookshop at 10 Curzon Street: Letters between Nancy Mitford and Heywood Hill 195273 (2004). Her letters and essays are notable for their humour, irony and cultural and social breadth. Politically a moderate socialist, she somehow kept on good terms most of the time with her sisters, despite the extreme political views of Diana, Jessica and Unity, mainly by deploying her acerbic wit. Some of their letters are republished in The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters (2007). Romantic life: In 1933, after a going-nowhere romance with homosexual Scottish aristocrat Hamish St Clair-Erskine, she married The Hon. Peter Rodd, nicknamed "Prod", the youngest son of the 1st Baron Rennell. The marriage was a failure; her husband was unfaithful and couldn't keep a job; in time Nancy took over the family finances, working in the bookshop G. Heywood Hill, and was unfaithful in her turn. Though the Rodds separated in 1939, they continued to see one another on a purely friendly basis, and Rodd used her Paris flat as an occasional base. She al.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good Jacket. Same as the Hamish Hamilton Ltd version, except it is the US edition published by Harper & Row Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

255pp. small 4to Profusely illustrated in black & white + 56 color plates. Red cloth. Fine/in VG dj.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good Jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Relié. Condizione: Etat satisfaisant. in-8 Description :Relié, jaquette. Langue : Anglais.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, in Boxes, Tracking First Editions are First Printings. . Very Good Copy, Cover has some creasing, PAges are clean but tan, Sm 4to, 255 pages.

Imperial octavo, hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No slipcase. Colour illustrations. An excellent copy of a beautiful book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. Reprint; First Printing. Some shelf wear and chipping to unclipped DJ with some sunning to spine and old price sticker to front, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; White cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Photographs; 256 pages; A detailled history of Louis XIV and his fifty-four year envolvement with Versailles which he transformed from a hunting lodge to the most glittering palace of its age. Book Club Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. THIRD IMPRESSION. Hard cover with dust jacket. Moderate wear/rubbing on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Red boards with gilt titles on board spine and gilt decoration on front board. 255 pages with index. Colour and black and white illustration. History of French King Louis XIV and The Palace of Versailles. Location: CONE2 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Unknown. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.73.

Condizione: Good. 1966. Second impression. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour and black and white illustration plates. Ex libris plate at front and rear. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Tape marks to endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing.

SOFTCOVER. 1969, Reprint. A very good copy.

HB-VG/no DJ; red cloth with gold lettering, illustrations; photos throughout, index; previous owner label on front endpapers, some very small smudge marks on cover;