Louis XIV Louis XIV

Louis XIV

    • 4.0 • 1 Rating
    • $0.99
    • $0.99

Publisher Description

"Now, in the hour of death, O my God, come to my aid."

These were his last words. He sank back insensible upon his pillow. A few hours of painful breathing passed away, and at eight o'clock in the morning of the 1st of September, 1715, he expired, in the seventy-seventh year of his age and the seventy-second of his reign. It was the longest reign in the annals of France. Had he been governed through this period by enlightened Christian principle, how many millions might have been made happy whom his crimes doomed to life-long woe!

An immense concourse was assembled in the court-yard at Versailles, anticipating the announcement of his death. The moment he breathed his last sigh, the captain of the body-guard approached the great balcony, threw open the massive windows, and, looking down upon the multitude below, raised his truncheon above his head, broke it in the centre, threw the fragments down into the court-yard, and cried sadly, "The king is dead!"

Then, instantly seizing another staff from the hands of an attendant, he waved it joyfully above his head, and shouted triumphantly, "Long live the king, Louis XV.!" A huzza burst from the lips of the assembled thousands almost loud enough to pierce the ear of the king, now palsied in death.

There were few to mourn the departed monarch. As his remains were hurried to the vaults of St. Denis, those vaults which he had so much dreaded, the populace shouted execrations and pelted his coffin with mud. Not the slightest regard was paid to his will. The Duke of Orleans assumed the regency with absolute power. His reign was execrable, followed by the still more infamous reign of Louis XV. Then came the Revolution, as the sceptre of utterly despotic sway passed into the hands of the feeble Louis XVI. The storm, which had been gathering for ages, burst with fury which appalled the world. A more tremendous event has not occurred in the history of our race. The story has too often been told by those who were in sympathy with the kings and the nobles. The time will come when the people's  side of the story will be received, and the terrible drama will be better understood.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2017
July 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
106
Pages
PUBLISHER
Merkaba Press
SELLER
PublishDrive Inc.
SIZE
540.6
KB
A Short Life of Marie Antoinette A Short Life of Marie Antoinette
2016
The Sun King The Sun King
2012
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, all 7 volumes in a single file Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, all 7 volumes in a single file
1969
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette
2009
Madame de Pompadour Madame de Pompadour
2001
A Queen of Tears: Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (Complete) A Queen of Tears: Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (Complete)
2016
A Short History of Austria A Short History of Austria
2014
The United States Exploration Anthology The United States Exploration Anthology
2013
The Ultimate Davy Crockett Collection The Ultimate Davy Crockett Collection
2012
The Ultimate Daniel Boone Collection The Ultimate Daniel Boone Collection
2013
A Short Life of Marie Antoinette A Short Life of Marie Antoinette
2016
Kit Carson Kit Carson
2017