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|title=The Sun King

|author=Nancy Mitford

|reviewer=Sue Magee

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=272

|publisher=Vintage Classics

|date=October 2011

|isbn=978-0099528883

}}

Once I was over the shock of realising that it was over fifty years since ''The Sun King'' was published and just about as long since I first read the book, the memories came rushing back and I couldn't wait to settle down to an indulgent read. And it ''is'' indulgent: it might ''look'' like history or biography, but this is more in the nature of a gossipy conversation with someone who has seen it all, is shocked by nothing and is prepared to tell all she knows with supporting detail.

For something from the same period we can recommend [[William and Mary: Heroes of the Glorious Revolution by John Van der Kiste]].

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