The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon (平装)

基本信息出版社:Penguin (Non-Classics) (2003年12月30日)丛书名:New Penguin History of France平装:688页正文语种:英语ISBN:0140130934条形码:9780140130935产品尺寸及重量:19.2 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm ; 459 gASIN:0140130934

商品描述内容简介There can be few more mesmerizing historical narratives than the story of how the confident monarchy left by Louis XIV in 1715 became the discredited failure toppled by revolution in 1789. This brilliant new book is the first in forty years to describe the whole period, from the last days of the "Sun King" to the wars of Napoleon. In a groundbreaking work of scholarship, Colin Jones argues that, contrary to popular belief, the house of Bourbon’s downfall was hardly a foregone conclusion. Producing an illuminating account of a society torn apart from within, he recounts the saga of how a dynamic French society—the heart of the Enlighten-ment—fell prey to the debt and humiliation of its wars against Britain.媒体推荐"The fullest and most reliable history we have of eighteenth-century France." --William Doyle,Independent

"This is a work that merits the French designation magistral: masterly and authoritative." --Robin Buss,Financial Times