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King of the world : the life of Louis XIV

By Philip Mansel

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780226690896, 022669089X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
186 MB (194856147 bytes)
Pages
\669
Time added
2021-09-04 18:54:06

Description

Contents List of Illustrations Maps Family Trees Introduction: A Thousand Years of France 1. The Gift of God 2. Our Good City of Paris 3. The Struggle for France 4. M. le Cardinal 5. The Power of Queens 6. Fouquet’s Fall 7. Making France Work 8. The Pursuit of Immortality: The Louvre and Versailles 9. Conquering Flanders 10. Fighting the Netherlands 11. To the Rhine 12. The King Outdoors 13. Inside Versailles 14. Inside Louis XIV 15. The Global King: From the Mississippi to the Mekong 16. The Huguenot Cataclysm 17. England Changes Sides: The Flights of King James 18. France against Europe 19. Spain Changes Sides: The Accession of King Philip 20. The Triumph of Europe 21. Towards the Precipice 22. Nemesis Averted 23. Funeral Games 24. The Shadow of Versailles Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index

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