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The life of Louis XVI

By Hardman , John;King of France Louis XVI;Frankreich König Ludwig XVI

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780300220421, 0300220421
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
34 MB (35736195 bytes)
Pages
xi, 499 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1754-1793;Ludwig -- XVI. -- Frankreich-- King of France1774-1793;France -- History -- Revolution1789-1799;Franceetc;Biographies;Biography;History;Louis -- XVIKings and rulers;KingsKönig -- 1754-1793;France -- Kings and rulers --QueensRulers

Description

A dark and difficult childhood -- Youth on the throne -- The bright beginning, 1774-76 -- Drift towards war, 1776-78 -- American liberty and royal debt, 1778-82 -- The embarrassments of peace,1783-85 -- Unravelling, 1785-86 -- Royal revolution: the assembly of notables of 1787 -- The road to the estates-general, May 1787-May 1789 -- The silent king and the third estate -- The invasion of a palace -- The revolution caricatures itself, October 1789-June 1791 -- The flight to Montmédy -- Playing by the book of the constitution, 13 September 1791-10 August 1792 -- The prisoner in the temple. A dark and difficult childhood -- Youth on the throne -- The bright beginning, 1774-76 -- Drift towards war, 1776-78 -- American liberty and royal debt, 1778-82 -- The embarrassments of peace,1783-85 -- Unravelling, 1785-86 -- Royal revolution: the assembly of notables of 1787 -- The road to the estates-general, May 1787-May 1789 -- The silent king and the third estate -- The invasion of a palace -- The revolution caricatures itself, October 1789-June 1791 -- The flight to Montmédy -- Playing by the book of the constitution, 13 September 1791-10 August 1792 -- The prisoner in the temple.

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