King of the world: the life of Louis XIV

Introduction: A Thousand Years of France

The Gift of God

Our Good City of Paris

The Struggle for France

M. le Cardinal

The Power of Queens

Fouquet's Fall

Making France Work

The Pursuit of Immortality: The Louvre and Versailles

Conquering Flanders

Fighting the Netherlands

To the Rhine

The King Outdoors

Inside Versailles

Inside Louis XIV

The Global King: From the Mississippi to the Mekong

The Huguenot Cataclysm

England Changes Sides: The Flights of King James

France against Europe

Spain Changes Sides: The Accession of King Philip

The Triumph of Europe

Towards the Precipice

Nemesis Averted

Funeral Games

The Shadow of Versailles.