Memoirs Duc de Saint-Simon

One of the greatest influences on French and English literature over the past 200years, imitated by Proust, Saint-Simon’s celebrated memoirs capture with wit and style some of the most dramatic years in French history: the reign of Louis XIV and the Regency of LOUIS XV and the splendours of Versailles at its height. Lucy Nortons’s acclaimed abridgement and translation bring the Duke’s character and views, his passionate interest in human nature and his brilliant accounts of the intrigues of the Court wholly and vividly to life. This is the first of three volumes.