num_pages: 384
description: Explores the regent's unconventional personal life, the challenges he faced at home, and his unprecedented foreign policy
language: English
title: The Man Who Would Be King: The Life of Philippe d'Orleans, Regent of France
titlecomplete: The Man Who Would Be King: The Life of Philippe d'Orleans, Regent of France
characters: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
genres: France, History, 18th Century, Biography, 17th Century, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 52
places: France
publisher: Harper Perennial