Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency

ISBN: 9781331814429 出版年：2016 页码：418 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon Forgotten Books

Destined for great things, his life was passed in a nar row sphere, for this brilliant young officer, offended by an appointment which he considered unjust, it having been made by an underling of the Ministry, threw up his commission in the army and for a long time was satisfied to remain a simple courtier.