The Death of Kings - Documents on the Last Days of French Sovereigns...

Used book in very good condition.

"The Sun and Death cannot be stared at" claims the moralist. However, when it comes to the last days of a king, courtiers rush, ambitious people stamp their feet and cabals are rife around a dying man whom everyone watches out of the corner of their eye. Also, many direct or indirect witnesses have left texts relating these facts that are too important not to be censored by conventions and official "propaganda". Often forgotten, some of these archives have been selected and, for some, translated and published for the first time. They describe, from Charles V to Louis XV, the deaths of French and Spanish monarchs, cases of regicide having been excluded. Acting as thurifers, curious onlookers or detractors, the doctors, clerics and courtiers at the origin of these edifying pages wished to bequeath to posterity a final portrait of their sovereign.

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Editions Jérôme Millon (April 27, 2006)
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 269 ​​pages
• Author: Stanis Perez 
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-2841371921