From Louis XIV to Napoleon The Fate of a Great Power

Name: From Louis XIV to Napoleon The Fate of a Great Power
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ISBN: 9781857289343

ISBN-10: 185728934X

ISBN-13: 9781857289343

Edition: 1999

Authors: Jeremy Black, Professor Jeremy Black

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From Louis XIV to Napoleon is an accessible account which considers why France was not more successful and throws light on French history, international relations, warfare and the rise and fall of French power.

Book details

List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.29" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations


Maps



Introduction: A European and world power



Louis XIV and Europe: French foreign policy, 1661-1715



Foreign policy under the regency, Bourbon and Fleury, 1715-1743



The diplomatic revolution, its background and consequences, 1743-1774



Intervention in America and the policy of Vergennes, 1774-1787



The impact of Revolution, 1787-1799



The foreign policy of Napoleon, 1799-1815



France and the world



Conclusions


Notes


Select Bibliography


Appendix 1: The Later Bourbon Kings of France


Appendix 2: French Secretaries of State, 1643-1815


Index