Brother to the Sun King

Nancy Nichols Barker was professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceChapter 1. Brother of Le Dieudonné Chapter 2. The "Education" of a PrinceChapter 3. Le Roi ManquéChapter 4. MinetteChapter 5. Madame is Dying! Madame is Dead!Chapter 6. LiselotteChapter 7. Long Live Monsieur, Who Has Won the Battle!Chapter 8. Service to MammonChapter 9. The End of the TetherEpilogue: A Prince for PosterityGenealogical ChartsNotesBibliographyIndex

Combines archival research with twentieth-century psychological insights to illuminate a sad life of Philippe d'Orleans... Skillfully portrays Philippe's personality and that of others. Wilson Library Bulletin