The life of Louis XVI
By: John Hardman
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9780300220421
Subjects: Kings and rulers; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-487) and index.
Table of contents: title: A dark and difficult childhood; title: Youth on the throne; title: The bright beginning, 1774-76; title: Drift towards war, 1776-78; title: American liberty and royal debt, 1778-82; title: The embarrassments of peace, 1783-85; title: Unravelling, 1785-86; title: Royal revolution: the Assembly of Notables of 1787; title: The road to the Estates-General, May 1787- May 1789; title: The silent king and the Third Estate; title: The invasion of a palace; title: The revolution caricatures itself, October 1789-June 1791; title: The flight to Montmédy; title: Playing by the Book of the Constitution, 13 September 1791-10 August 1792; title: The prisoner in the Temple.