TY  - GEN
T1  - The life of Louis XVI
A1  - Hardman, John, 1944-
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2016
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn948286621
AB  - 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.
CN  - DC137 .H369 2016eb
SN  - 9780300221657
SN  - 0300221657
SN  - 9780300220421
SN  - 0300220421
KW  - Louis : XVI, : King of France, : 1754-1793.
KW  - Louis : XVI, : King of France, : 1754-1793
KW  - Ludwig : XVI. : Frankreich, König : 1754-1793
KW  - France : Kings and rulers : Biography.
KW  - France : History : Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
KW  - France : History : Revolution, 1789-1799.
KW  - Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
KW  - France : Histoire : 1774-1793 (Louis XVI)
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Historical.
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : France.
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - France
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty
KW  - 1774-1799
KW  - Biography
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -