The Would-Be Commoner: A Tale of Deception, Murder, and Justice in Seventeenth-Century France
"Ravel (History/MIT) grapples skillfully with a slippery cause célcbre involving imposture and bigamy in the closing years of Louis XIV’s reign...A surprisingly light-footed look at fundamental questions of authority and identity." Kirkus Reviews"this outstanding book makes a worthy addition to the cultural and social history of the Old Regime and is warmly recommended" Library Journal