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The life of Louis XVI

Title
The life of Louis XVI / John Hardman.
Author
Hardman, John, 1944-
Publication
  • New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Description
xi, 499 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 24 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-487) and index.
Contents
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 to 10 August 1792 -- The prisoner in the Temple.
Call Number
JFE 16-7611
ISBN
  • 9780300220421
  • 0300220421
LCCN
2016001789
OCLC
923796131
Author
Hardman, John, 1944- author.
Title
The life of Louis XVI / John Hardman.
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-487) and index.
Chronological Term
1774-1799
Research Call Number
JFE 16-7611
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