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Louis XVIII

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780719567094
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Louis XVIII written by Philip Mansel and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis XVIII was the most European of the Kings of France. A grandson of Louis XV, born in Versailles in 1755, he escaped from Paris in 1791, disguised as an Englishman. He spent the following twenty - four years as an exile, in Germany, Italy, Russia, Poland, and finally, for seven years, in England. In 1814 he was restored to the throne. As King he renounced French conquests and followed a policy of 'union' with his fellow-monarchs in what he called 'the European system'. The interests of France and Britain, in particular, he considered 'as one'. Based on research throughout Europe, Louis XVIII describes not only the public figure, but also the private man, who compensated for a loveless and childless marriage by lavishing affection on male and female favourites. It is the only English biography of this great protagonist of the French Revolution and Empire, the last French monarch to die on the throne.

History of the Reigns of Louis XVIII. and Charles X.

Author : Eyre Evans Crowe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book History of the Reigns of Louis XVIII. and Charles X. written by Eyre Evans Crowe and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memorial ... to his most Christian majesty, Louis xviii. Transl. To which is subjoined a sketch of m. Carnot's life by L. Goldsmith

Author : comte Lazare Nicolas M. Carnot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Memorial ... to his most Christian majesty, Louis xviii. Transl. To which is subjoined a sketch of m. Carnot's life by L. Goldsmith written by comte Lazare Nicolas M. Carnot and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Private Memoirs of the Court of Louis XVIII, by a Lady [or rather, by Baron Étienne Léon de la Mothe Houdancourt, afterwards la Mothe Langon].

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Private Memoirs of the Court of Louis XVIII, by a Lady [or rather, by Baron Étienne Léon de la Mothe Houdancourt, afterwards la Mothe Langon]. written by and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Private Memoirs of the Court of Louis XVIII

Author : Etienne-Léon baron de Lamothe-Langon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Private Memoirs of the Court of Louis XVIII written by Etienne-Léon baron de Lamothe-Langon and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of Modern France

Author : Hélène Adeline Guerber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Modern France written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Correspondence of Prince Talleyrand and King Louis XVIII During the Congress of Vienna (Hitherto Unpublished) from the Manuscripts Preserved in the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Paris

Download The Correspondence of Prince Talleyrand and King Louis XVIII During the Congress of Vienna (Hitherto Unpublished) from the Manuscripts Preserved in the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Paris PDF Online Free

Author : M. Georges Pallain
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385430577
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book The Correspondence of Prince Talleyrand and King Louis XVIII During the Congress of Vienna (Hitherto Unpublished) from the Manuscripts Preserved in the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Paris written by M. Georges Pallain and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The French Revolution

Author : Paul Harold Beik
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349005266
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The French Revolution written by Paul Harold Beik and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life of Louis XVI

Author : John Hardman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300220421
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Louis XVI written by John Hardman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking, authoritative biography of one of history's most maligned rulers Louis 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. Historian John Hardman disputes both these versions in a fascinating new biography of the ill-fated monarch. Based in part on new scholarship that has emerged over the past two decades, Hardman's illuminating study describes a highly educated ruler who, though indecisive, possessed sharp political insight and a talent for foreign policy; who often saw the dangers ahead but could not or would not prevent them; and whose great misfortune was to be caught in the violent center of a major turning point in history. Hardman's dramatic reassessment of the reign of Louis XVI sheds a bold new light on the man, his actions, his world, and his policies, including the king's support for America's War of Independence, the intricate workings of his court, the disastrous Diamond Necklace Affair, and Louis's famous dash to Varennes.

Paris Between Empires

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 146686690X
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Paris Between Empires written by Philip Mansel and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paris between 1814 and 1852 was the capital of Europe, a city of power and pleasure, a magnet for people of all nationalities that exerted an influence far beyond the reaches of France. Paris was the stage where the great conflicts of the age, between nationalism and cosmopolitanism, revolution and royalism, socialism and capitalism, atheism and Catholicism, were fought out before the audience of Europe. As Prince Metternich said: When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold. Not since imperial Rome has one city so dominated European life. Paris Between Empires tells the story of this golden age, from the entry of the allies into Paris on March 31, 1814, after the defeat of Napoleon I, to the proclamation of his nephew Louis-Napoleon, as Napoleon III in the Hôtel de Ville on December 2, 1852. During those years, Paris, the seat of a new parliamentary government, was a truly cosmopolitan capital, home to Rossini, Heine, and Princess Lieven, as well as Berlioz, Chateaubriand, and Madame Recamier. Its salons were crowded with artisans and aristocrats from across Europe, attracted by the freedom from the political, social, and sexual restrictions that they endured at home. This was a time, too, of political turbulence and dynastic intrigue, of violence on the streets, and women manipulating men and events from their salons. In describing it Philip Mansel draws on the unpublished letters and diaries of some of the city's leading figures and of the foreigners who flocked there, among them Lady Holland, two British ambassadors, Lords Stuart de Rothesay and Normanby, and Charles de Flahaut, lover of Napoleon's step-daughter Queen Hortense. This fascinating book shows that the European ideal was as alive in the nineteenth century as it is today.

Queen of Fashion

Author : Caroline Weber
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429936479
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Queen of Fashion written by Caroline Weber and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dazzling new vision of the ever-fascinating queen, a dynamic young historian reveals how Marie Antoinette's bold attempts to reshape royal fashion changed the future of France Marie Antoinette has always stood as an icon of supreme style, but surprisingly none of her biographers have paid sustained attention to her clothes. In Queen of Fashion, Caroline Weber shows how Marie Antoinette developed her reputation for fashionable excess, and explains through lively, illuminating new research the political controversies that her clothing provoked. Weber surveys Marie Antoinette's "Revolution in Dress," covering each phase of the queen's tumultuous life, beginning with the young girl, struggling to survive Versailles's rigid traditions of royal glamour (twelve-foot-wide hoopskirts, whalebone corsets that crushed her organs). As queen, Marie Antoinette used stunning, often extreme costumes to project an image of power and wage war against her enemies. Gradually, however, she began to lose her hold on the French when she started to adopt "unqueenly" outfits (the provocative chemise) that, surprisingly, would be adopted by the revolutionaries who executed her. Weber's queen is sublime, human, and surprising: a sometimes courageous monarch unwilling to allow others to determine her destiny. The paradox of her tragic story, according to Weber, is that fashion—the vehicle she used to secure her triumphs—was also the means of her undoing. Weber's book is not only a stylish and original addition to Marie Antoinette scholarship, but also a moving, revelatory reinterpretation of one of history's most controversial figures.

Napoleon's Master

Author : David Lawday
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312372972
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Master written by David Lawday and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into the high aristocracy, where rank meant more than wealth, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord was to become one of the great politicians of all time. His early career in politics was marked with turmoil: a liberal who saw the need to curb the powers of the monarchy, Talleyrand fled from France when the violence of the revolution turned extreme in 1792, first to England and then to the United States. It was not until his return to France after the dust had settled in 1796 that his star would begin to rise in earnest. First, he was appointed Foreign Minister. In this position, he aligned himself with the charismatic general who would become Emperor of France: Napoleon Bonaparte. In the course of the next three decades, Talleyrand would prove himself perhaps the most adept politician of all time: his political pliability allowed him to survive the fall of Bonaparte and the consequent second Bourbon restoration. He was in the shadow of power in Europe through more upheaval than perhaps any other person of his generation. Napoleon’s Master is a riveting portrait of an eternally fascinating man.

Dressed to Rule

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300106978
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Dressed to Rule written by Philip Mansel and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history rulers have used clothes as a form of legitimization and propaganda. While palaces, pictures, and jewels might reflect the choice of a monarch’s predecessors or advisers, clothes reflected the preferences of the monarch himself. Being both personal and visible, the right costume at the right time could transform and define a monarch’s reputation. Many royal leaders have known this, from Louis XIV to Catherine the Great and from Napoleon I to Princess Diana. This intriguing book explores how rulers have sought to control their image through their appearance. Mansel shows how individual styles of dress throw light on the personalities of particular monarchs, on their court system, and on their ambitions. The book looks also at the economics of the costume industry, at patronage, at the etiquette involved in mourning dress, and at the act of dressing itself. Fascinating glimpses into the lives of European monarchs and contemporary potentates reveal the intimate connection between power and the way it is packaged.

The New International Encyclopædia

Author : Frank Moore Colby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 890 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New International Encyclopædia written by Frank Moore Colby and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

King of the World

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022669092X
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book King of the World written by Philip Mansel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he came tantalizingly close. Philip Mansel’s King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography in English of this hypnotic, flawed figure who continues to captivate our attention. This lively work takes Louis outside Versailles and shows the true extent of his global ambitions, with stops in London, Madrid, Constantinople, Bangkok, and beyond. We witness the importance of his alliance with the Spanish crown and his success in securing Spain for his descendants, his enmity with England, and his relations with the rest of Europe, as well as Asia, Africa, and the Americas. We also see the king’s effect on the two great global diasporas of Huguenots and Jacobites, and their influence on him as he failed in his brutal attempts to stop Protestants from leaving France. Along the way, we are enveloped in the splendor of Louis’s court and the fascinating cast of characters who prostrated and plotted within it. King of the World is exceptionally researched, drawing on international archives and incorporating sources who knew the king intimately, including the newly released correspondence of Louis’s second wife, Madame de Maintenon. Mansel’s narrative flair is a perfect match for this grand figure, and he brings the Sun King’s world to vivid life. This is a global biography of a global king, whose power was extensive but also limited by laws and circumstances, and whose interests and ambitions stretched far beyond his homeland. Through it all, we watch Louis XIV progressively turn from a dazzling, attractive young king to a belligerent reactionary who sets France on the path to 1789. It is a convincing and compelling portrait of a man who, three hundred years after his death, still epitomizes the idea of le grand monarque.

The Bellman

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Bellman written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Duchess of Angoulême and the Two Restorations

Author : Arthur Léon baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Angoulême and the Two Restorations written by Arthur Léon baron Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: