French society from the Fronde to the Great Revolution
By: by Henry Barton Baker : in two volumes
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks
Publisher: R. Bentley and Son
Published: 1874
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Social life and customs; History; Court and courtiers; Biography
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University.
Table of contents: title: I. The Fronde: De Retz. The age of Louis XIV: The story of La Valliere; Madame de Sevigne; Madame de Maintenon and the last years of Louis XIV. The regency: The Regent Orleans and his age. Louis XV: The sisters De Nesles and the early years of Louis XV; The Marquise de Pompadour and the middle age of Louis XV; Madame du Barry and the last years of Louis XV; title: II. The age of Louis XVI: Marie Antoinette and the age of Louis XVI. The revolution: Proem; The creators: Mirabeau, Talleyrand, Lafayette; The enthusiasts: Madame Roland and the Girondists; The destroyers: marat, Denton, Camille Desmoulins, Robespierre.