tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post180216706458108543..comments2024-03-16T13:30:40.704-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: The Childhood of Louis XVIelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-83778115695119331612010-07-21T08:55:55.036-04:002010-07-21T08:55:55.036-04:00The young Louis XVI always struck me as having so ...The young Louis XVI always struck me as having so many good qualities to be a good king. He was kind, sensitive, curious, intrigued by science and technology,deeply loved his faith and his solemn vow before God and nation to be a good king. He appreciated the fine arts(Sevres porcelain and beautiful furniture.) He also loved his nation and people and their history. One can see in his library at Versailles the statues of great Frenchmen of the past. He abhorred war and the spilling of blood and certainly loved his Queen and would never think of having a mistress. In retrospect he seemed the far better man when one compares him to either Louis XIV or Louis XV.lara77https://www.blogger.com/profile/12595738597369639417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-20907512778838833382010-07-20T15:39:08.942-04:002010-07-20T15:39:08.942-04:00His childhood sounds pretty traumatic, to say the ...His childhood sounds pretty traumatic, to say the least. But I must say I have read some of his youthful (and later) writings and he struck me as being much brighter and more determined than he is usually portrayed. Certainly he seemed very idealistic.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-47204570251144187462010-07-20T15:21:58.299-04:002010-07-20T15:21:58.299-04:00He always had such a sweet disposition, tenderhear...He always had such a sweet disposition, tenderhearted and kind. He was inherently incapable of hurting anyone. His kindness was taken by the revolutionaries for slowness of wit, even cowardice. The opposite was true. <br /><br />That poor Godly king, how he suffered through his life.CR Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01036793091046528699noreply@blogger.com