More royalist than the king

The peculiarities of this book, one of the masterpieces of French literature, can please as bulk rebuter.En include, but hitting a mannered style worn by very long sentences (at least five lines), irreverent portraits of King , full of majesty monarch but especially domestic tyrant manipulated by his entourage, lengthy descriptions of the death of the great kingdoms or clothes of his majesty to Mass ...

Contrary to what it claims early in the book, Saint Simon is not a neutral observer. If it takes us into the intimacy of the Court, in the manner of a hidden camera, the narrator chooses his angles. His opinions emerged very clearly. He does not forgive Louis XIV promote bourgeois at the expense of the nobility, and utter humiliation, having married a commoner. Furthermore, the author assumes that everyone knows the protagonists of the Court. Damage to the twenty-first century reader who is unaware that Mr. King's brother, Monsignor her son etc ...

To try if you are lover of beautiful phrases, fan of Louis XIV or fearless player.