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512 pages • first pub 1999 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780312261962
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Setting in motion events that would ultimately bring his nation to military and fiscal ruin-and his dynasty to a bloody end-Louis XIV also established France as the preeminent and, to this day, unchallenged seat of high culture in Europe. As a lea...
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512 pages • first pub 1999 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780312261962
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Setting in motion events that would ultimately bring his nation to military and fiscal ruin-and his dynasty to a bloody end-Louis XIV also established France as the preeminent and, to this day, unchallenged seat of high culture in Europe. As a lea...