Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon
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 ...
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 ...
