The life of Louis XVI / John Hardman.
| Author/creator |
Hardman, John, 1944- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2016 |
| Description | xi, 499 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-487) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2016001789 |
| ISBN | 9780300220421 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300220421 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DC137 .H369 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |