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'A brilliant, subtle portrait...The reader senses the joy with which M. Erlanger demolishes legends (on the subject of Louis XIV's paternity, for example), dissipates mysteries, and discovers new ones of his own' LE MONDE 'The best work of history written in France for a century' LE FIGARO

About the Author

Philippe Erlanger, born in 1903, was one of the founders of the Cannes Film Festival and worked for a time for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He wrote over twenty books and received several literary prizes, including the Grand Prix d'Histoire de l'Academie Francaise.