Life of Louis XVI Hardman John
Life of Louis XVI Hardman John A thought-provoking, authoritative biography of one of history's most maligned rulers: France's Louis XVI "The definitive contribution to our understanding of Louis XVI…
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Life of Louis XVI Hardman John
A thought-provoking, authoritative biography of one of history's most maligned rulers: France's Louis XVI "The definitive contribution to our understanding of Louis XVI as a man and a monarch."--P.M. Scholars probing the mysteries of the late Old Regime and French Revolution will be working in its shadow for many years to come."--Thomas E. Jones, English Historical Review "Monumental. . . .
Historian John Hardman disputes both these versions in a fascinating new biography of the ill-fated monarch. Kaiser, Journal of Modern HistoryLouis XVI of France, who was guillotined in 1793 during the Revolution and Reign of Terror, is commonly portrayed in fiction and film either as a weak and stupid despot in thrall to his beautiful, shallow wife, Marie Antoinette, or as a cruel and treasonous tyrant. Based in part on new scholarship