The life of Louis XVI
Hardman, John, 1944-2023
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Louis XVI of France, who was guillotined in 1793 during the French Revolution, is commonly portrayed in fiction and film either as a weak and stupid despot in the thrall of his beautiful, shallow wife, Marie Antoinette, or as a cruel and treasonous tyrant. John Hardman disputes both these versions in this fascinating new biography of the ill-fated monarch. Based in part on new scholarship that has emerged over the past two decades, the book describes a ruler possessing sharp insight, uncommon political acumen and a talent for foreign policy, but whose great misfortune was to be caught in the violent centre of a major turning point in history.
Main title:
The life of Louis XVI / John Hardman.
Author:
Hardman, John, 1944-, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023.
Collation:
528 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300273649 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
944.035092LOUB LOU
Language:
English
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BRN:
2630733
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