John Laurenson

‘La Mort de Louis XIII’, 1731, by Jean-François de Troy

Death watch

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

At the beginning of the summer of 1715 Louis XIV complained of a pain in the leg. In mid-August gangrene…

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