The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon: The New Penguin History of France by Colin Jones

The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon: The New Penguin History of France

New Penguin History of France #1

Colin Jones

688 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced
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Jones breaks new ground, revealing that the so-called "Old Regime," which held power up to 1789, was neither as old nor as doomed as historians have often claimed. In fact, the whole of Europe acknowledged the dynamism, social energy, and cultural...

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