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Description for Louis XIV
Paperback. Series: World Profiles. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Professor Wolf focuses on the problems of high politics and war, which intrigued Louis and were his instruments of power. Without ignoring the fact that Louis was also a son, husband, lover, and father as well as king he gives us a striking new image of Louis as soldier administrator and a vivid, accurate picture of the king s impact on the military machine after 1691, his part in the drama of war and in the emergence of a new Europe."
Professor Wolf focuses on the problems of high politics and war, which intrigued Louis and were his instruments of power. Without ignoring the fact that Louis was also a son, husband, lover, and father as well as king he gives us a striking new image of Louis as soldier administrator and a vivid, accurate picture of the king s impact on the military machine after 1691, his part in the drama of war and in the emergence of a new Europe."
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
Series
World Profiles
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349014729
SKU
V9781349014729
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Ref
99-15
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