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The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon: The New Penguin History of France

The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon: The New Penguin History of France

Name: The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon: The New Penguin History of France
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Colin Jones
ISBN: 9780140130935

Colin Jones

29/05/2003
Penguin

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon: The New Penguin History of France par Colin Jones

Résumé

There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in1789. The further story of the bloody unravelling of the Revolution until its seizure by Napoleon is equally astounding. Colin Jones' brilliant new book is the first in 40 years to describe the whole period. Jones' key point in this gripping narrative is that France was NOT doomed to Revolution and that the 'ancien regime' DID remain dynamic and innovatory, twisting and turning until finally stoven in by the intolerable costs and humiliation of its wars with Britain.