Louis Auchincloss The Cat and the King-猫和国王

作者：Louis Auchincloss

书名：The Cat and the King《猫和国王》

英文简介：The king in Louis Auchincloss' glittering novel is the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, whose fabled court at Versailles was the wonder of Europe; the cat is Louis' watchful chronicler, Louis de Rouvroy, second duc de Saint-Simon, author of the famous 'Memoirs' which are the definitive record of Louis' reign. Auchincloss has conceived his novel as an extension of the 'Memoirs,' in which Saint-Simon reveals his own story -- as well as a great deal about the private lives of the great and near-great that did not find its way into the published record.