There can be few more mesmerizing historical narratives than the story of how theconfident monarchy left by Louis XIV in 1715 became the discredited failure toppled byrevolution in 1789. This brilliant new book is the first in forty years to describe the wholeperiod, from the last days of the "Sun King" to the wars of Napoleon. In agroundbreaking work of scholarship, Colin Jones argues that, contrary to popular belief,the house of Bourbon?s downfall was hardly a foregone conclusion. Producing anilluminating account of a society torn apart from within, he recounts the saga of how adynamic French society?the heart of the Enlighten-ment?fell prey to the debt andhumiliation of its wars against Britain.
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"The fullest and most reliable history we have of eighteenth-century France." -- William Doyle, Independent
"This is a work that merits the French designation magistral: masterly andauthoritative." -- Robin Buss, Financial Times作者简介
Colin Jones is professor of history at the University of Warwick,England. 目录
France in 1715 - the king's leg and the choreography of power; negotiating stormy weather - the Regency and the advent of Fleury (1715-26); Fleury's France (1726-43); unsuspected golden years (1743-56); an enlightening age; forestalling deluge (1756-70); the triumvirate and its aftermath (1771-84); Bourbon monarchy on the rack (1784-8); revolution in political culture (1789-91); war and terror (1791-5); the unsteady republic (1795-9). (Part contents)
| 出版社 | Penguin |
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| 作者 | Colin Jones |