The life of Louis XVI /
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 bo...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press
2016.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.13840497 |