Memoirs Of Louis Xiv And His Court And Of The Regency Volume 12

Author : Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781722630539
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency - written by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency - Volume 12 by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon The Abbe Alberoni, having risen by the means I have described, and acquired power by following in the track of the Princesse des Ursins, governed Spain like a master. He had the most ambitious projects. One of his ideas was to drive all strangers, especially the French, out of the West Indies; and he hoped to make use of the Dutch to attain this end. But Holland was too much in the dependence of England. At home Alberoni proposed many useful reforms, and endeavoured to diminish the expenses of the royal household. He thought, with reason, that a strong navy was the necessary basis of the power of Spain; and to create one he endeavoured to economise the public money. He flattered the King with the idea that next year he would arm forty vessels to protect the commerce of the Spanish Indies. He had the address to boast of his disinterestedness, in that whilst working at all manner of business he had never received any grace from the King, and lived only on fifty pistoles, which the Duke of Parma, his master, gave him every month; and therefore he made gently some complaints against the ingratitude of princes. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.