Louis XVI

by Bernard Vincent

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Louis XVI (1754-1793) n'øtait guère fait pour le r©þle de monarque que le destin lui imposa, mais on a souvent donnø de son règne et de sa personne une image beaucoup trop nøgative. Ce " roi malgrø lui " se røvøla dans les faits assez røsolu pour aider l'Amørique © devenir indøpendante et suffisamment øclairø pour ouvrir la monarchie franøaise © certaines idøes nouvelles. Hølas pour lui, comme l'a notø Tocqueville, l'histoire ne pardonne pas aux røgimes forts qui show more acceptent de s'affaiblir. show less

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Canonical title*
Louis XVI
Original title
Louis XVI
Original publication date
2006 (1e édition originale française ∙ Folio biographies ∙ Gallimard) (1e édition originale française ∙ Folio biographies ∙ Gallimard)
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Louis XVI, King of France
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Français
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Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Anthropology, History
DDC/MDS
944History & geographyHistory of EuropeFrance and Monaco
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DC136 .V554History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaFrance – Andorra – MonacoHistory of FranceModern, 1515-1715-1789. 18th century. Louis XV, Louis XVI
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