The great nation : France from Louis XV to Napoleon

Colin Jones

There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in 1789. The further story of the bloody unravelling of the Revolution until its seizure by Napoleon is equally astounding. Colin Jones' brilliant new book is the first in 40 years to describe the whole period. Jones' key point in this gripping narrative is that France was not doomed to Revolution and that the 'ancient regime' did remain dynamic and innovatory, twisting and turning until finally stoven in by the intolerable costs and humiliation of its wars with Britain.

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[目次]

  • France in 1715 - the king's leg and the choreography of power
  • negotiating stormy weather - the Regency and the advent of Fleury (1715-26)
  • Fleury's France (1726-43)
  • unsuspected golden years (1743-56)
  • an enlightening age
  • forestalling deluge (1756-70)
  • the triumvirate and its aftermath (1771-84)
  • Bourbon monarchy on the rack (1784-8)
  • revolution in political culture (1789-91)
  • war and terror (1791-5)
  • the unsteady republic (1795-9). (Part contents)

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書名 The great nation : France from Louis XV to Napoleon
著作者等 Jones, Colin
シリーズ名 Penguin history
Penguin books
出版元 Penguin
刊行年月 2003
ページ数 xxvi, 650 p.
大きさ 20 cm
ISBN 0140130934
NCID BA62834282
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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