1709

The Twilight of the Sun King

Darryl Dee author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:5th Feb '25

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1709: Twilight of the Sun King is a narrative history of the greatest crisis France faced between the Fronde and the Revolution. A vigorous study of France at the height of ‘absolutism.’

The narrative history of France in 1709 combines scholarship with storytelling, and balances rigor with clarity and accessibility. The account of Louis XIV, the aging king beset by doubts and dangers yet determined to rule during the great crisis of 1709, is a gripping and immersive history of the dark year when Louis XIV and his monarchical state faced a potential military, economic, and political collapse during the War of the Spanish Succession.

A gripping, readable account of the greatest crisis of the French ancien régime before 1789; Dee links together warfare, finance and climate to draw a compelling picture of a state on the brink of collapse.

-- David Parrott, University of Ox

ISBN: 9781538176658

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278 pages