![]() Yet the Sun King's appetite for glory knows no bounds. By the fiftieth year of his reign, Louis XIV has made France the most powerful state in the western world. From the Hall of Mirrors to the vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles, courtiers compete to please the king, sacrificing fortune, principles, and even the sacred bond between brother and sister. In his domain, wealth and beauty take all frivolity begets cruelty science and alchemy collide. In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. ![]() The captive, who has green hair and flaps for legs, sings beautifully and this moves a woman courtier to save her. ![]() Summary A woman from the sea is captured by 17th century French sailors so that King Louis XIV can eat her rejuvenating organs. ![]()
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