bands:

1. The Royal Orchestra

films:

1. What's a film ?

books:

1. Macciavelli, Il Principe
2. Sun Tzu, Art of War
3. The oeuvre of my friend Moliere
4. Dante, Divina Comedia
5. Cervantez, Don Quixote
6. Grimmelshausen, Simplicius Simplicissimus
7. Impatiently waiting for the first edition of Newton's Arithmetica Universalis

Artists:

1. Molière
2. Jean-Baptiste Lully
3. Charles Le Brun
4. Hyacinthe Rigaud

 

into: Glory, administrative monarchy, hunting, and beautiful women.

not into: Riots, so-called "republics" or "democracies", the idea of having a prime minister, mindness flatterers

makes me happy: A beautiful courtisane, a good hunt, a joyful dance, a won war

makes me sad: Members of the third stand who don't know where they belong, intrigues at the royal court

hobbies: Hunting, billiard, dance

5 things i can't live without: Power, women, art, music, work

vices: Glory, war, women

thoughts on sg: I love it

i spend most of my free time: In the park of Versailles and the Marble Trianon.

 

gender: male

occupation: Sun King

body mods: Does a huge periwig count as body mod?

most humbling moment: During the Fronde, rioters penetrated the royal chamber in the night, to make sure the king hadn't fled the palace. I pretended to be sleeping, but I'll never forget this humiliation. I was twelve.