name: Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon
birth_date: 1675-01-16 00:00:00
death_date: 1755-03-02 00:00:00
genres: Memoir
avg_rating: 3.73
ratings_count: 662
about: French diplomat Louis de Rouvroy with title of duc de Saint-Simon wrote memoirs, a valuable historical source, of the court of Louis XIV.This grandee served as a soldier. A mother bore him at the Hôtel Selvois, 6 Rue Taranne, demolished in 1876 to make way for the Boulevard Saint-Germain. His enormous classic of literature give the fullest and most lively account at Versailles of the Régence at the start of reign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_d... French diplomat Louis de Rouvroy with title of duc de Saint-Simon wrote memoirs, a valuable historical source, of the court of Louis XIV.This grandee served as a soldier. A mother bore him at the Hôtel Selvois, 6 Rue Taranne, demolished in 1876 to make way for the Boulevard Saint-Germain. His enormous classic of literature give the fullest and most lively account at Versailles of the Régence at the start of reign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_d... ...more