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Source/Further reading:

Britannica bio: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
History bio: https://www.history.com/topics/france...
Good BBC Radio bio showing a different side to Louis (two episodes): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05w...
BBC Documentary on Versailles:    • Video  
Louis at Versailles: http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discov...
The Sun King’s many affairs: http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discov...
The Fronde: https://www.britannica.com/event/The...
FrancoDutch War: https://www.britannica.com/event/Dutc...
Affair of the Poisons: https://www.historyextra.com/period/s...
Battle of the Boyne: https://www.britannica.com/event/Batt...
War of the Grand Alliance: https://www.britannica.com/event/War...
The Huguenots: https://www.history.com/topics/france...
Were Anne and Mazarin having an affair? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...