Description
This is a story of brilliance, order and sophistication, of supreme confidence and great achievement - that begins in uncertainty and ends in iconoclasm.
About the Author
Reviews
"This volume, which includes a helpful chronological table and glossary, will be the standard history of France for years to come. The Ancien Regime is definitely the richest and most satisfying account of the political history of Bourbon France available in English." Reviews in History
Book Information
ISBN 9780631211969
Author Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Format Paperback
Page Count 596
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 964g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 170mm * 33mm
About the Author
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie is the author of numerous books - including the immensely successful Montaillouand Carnival - and many articles. He is a researcher with a high international reputation, and the diversity of his work and range of his publications have made him one of the foremost specialists on France's monarchical period.
Reviews
"This volume, which includes a helpful chronological table and glossary, will be the standard history of France for years to come. The Ancien Regime is definitely the richest and most satisfying account of the political history of Bourbon France available in English." Reviews in History
Book Information
ISBN 9780631211969
Author Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Format Paperback
Page Count 596
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 964g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 170mm * 33mm
