Mar-a-Lago is the Sunshine-State Sun King’s Versailles not just in its geographical remove from court life in Washington, DC and New York City, but in the seaside palace’s “Louis XIV ...

The irony is that Donald Trump is not governing like Louis XIV, and we would probably be better off if he did. The Sun King massively invested in science, technology, the arts, and intellectual ...

In 1661 the 23 year-old French king Louis the XIV had been on the throne for 18 years when his chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin, died. Louis is reported to have said to his ministers, “It is now ...

In the summer of 1685, France was ready to celebrate. The previous year, Sun King Louis XIV had signed the Truce of Ratisbon, which ended the War of the Reunions against Spain and the Holy Roman ...

DOCUMENTARY REVIEW ‘Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’ celebrates the Sun King of American music The Apple TV+ documentary shows the jazz great in a larger social and political context ...

In 1661 the 23 year-old French king Louis the XIV had been on the throne for 18 years when his chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin, died. Louis is reported to have said to his ministers, “It is now ...