Description |
xvi, 224 pages ; 22 cm. |
Series |
Reputations |
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Reputations (Arnold (Firm))
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-212) and index. |
Contents |
Table: French kings from Louis XIV -- Introduction: the many faces of Louis XVI -- I. Louis XVI and the ancien regime. 1. Inheritance. 2. The education of a king. 3. 1774: a new monarch - and a new monarchy? 4. Louis XVI and Turgot. 5. Necker, 1776-1781: charlatan or saviour? 6. Foreign policy, 1774-1789. 7. 1781-1787: personal rule? 8. Watershed -- II. Louis XVI and the French Revolution. 9. 1789. 10. Varennes. 11. The fall of the monarchy. 12. Trial and death. 13. Three general perspectives and a conclusion. |
Subject |
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
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France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
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Spine Title |
Louis XVI |
Added Title |
Louis the sixteenth, the silent king |
ISBN |
034070649X |
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9780340706497 |
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0340706503 paperback £12.99 |
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9780340706503 paperback |
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