Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen: A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King

by Pierre Goubert

Book Overview

Louis XIV is one of history's most notorious rulers. Ruling for three quarters of a century, the King of France had the longest reign in European history, and the effects of his rule would create the conditions that would lead to the French Revolution. Written by an authority on 17th century Europe, Pierre Goubert not only outlines the life the famous "Sun King. but the millions of subjects under his rule, and the effects his choices had on the them...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394717511
• ISBN13: 9780394717517
• Release Date: April 1972
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"