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Louis XVI /

The reign of Louis XVI, which ended in 1793 with the guillotining of the king and his queen, Marie-Antoinette, is a dramatic and crucial part of French history. Yet there have been no scholarly studies of Louis in any language, a result of the destruction or dispersal of the king's personal pap...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hardman, John, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1993.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Years of Hope. 1. Early Life. 2. 1774: The New King and the Old Parlement. 3. Maurepas and Turgot. 4. The Price of Victory: Necker, 1776-81. 5. The Last Years of the Ancien Regime, 1781-6. 6. Foreign Policy, 1774-87
  • pt. II. Defeat, 1787-9. 7. The Convocation of the Assembly of Notables. 8. The Assembly of Notables. 9. The Ministry of Lomenie de Brienne, May 1787-August 1788. 10. Preparations for the Estates. 11. The Silent King and the Estates
  • pt. III. Captivity and Flight. 12. The October Days. 13. Temporizing. 14. The Flight to Varennes. 15. The Last Year of the Monarchy, 13 September 1791-10 August 1792. 16. The Prisoner of the Temple.