Louis XIII, the Just

by A. Lloyd Moote

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In this fascinating biography, A. Lloyd Moote provides the first authoritative account of one of the most enigmatic figures of seventeenth-century Europe. Contrary of popular portrayals of the monarch as a hapless kind, Moote argues that Louis XIII was a ruler who powerfully shaped his people's destiny.… (more)

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Bueno pinta bien la época, pero es como que da por sobreentidas muchas cosas me dio la impresión que se me perdía cada tanto algo. No se si fui yo o el libro (

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Louis XIII, King of France

Cardinal Richelieu

Marie de Medici

Anne of Austria

Gaston, duc d'Orleans

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In this fascinating biography, A. Lloyd Moote provides the first authoritative account of one of the most enigmatic figures of seventeenth-century Europe. Contrary of popular portrayals of the monarch as a hapless kind, Moote argues that Louis XIII was a ruler who powerfully shaped his people's destiny.

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