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For the glory, of his God, his country, and his king, Father Yves de la Croix returns with his treasures: one heavy shroud packed in ice.and a covered basin that imprisons a shrieking creature.ĬONDITION: This book is in good condition. In a bold stroke, he sends his natural philosopher on an expedition to seek the source of immortality - the rare, perhaps mythical, sea monsters. Yet the Sun King's appetite for glory knows no bounds. From the Hall of Mirrors to the vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles, courtiers compete to please the king, sacrificing fortune, principles, and even the sacred bond between brother and sister.By the fiftieth year of his reign, Louis XIV has made France the most powerful state in the western world.

In his domain, wealth and beauty take all frivolity begets cruelty science and alchemy collide.

In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition.