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1. The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV
by Anne Somerset
The 'Affair of the Poisons' was a scandal at which 'all France trembled' and which 'horrified the whole of Europe' as it implicated a number of ... More
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2. Strange Revelations: Magic, Poison, and Sacrilege in Louis XIV's France
by Lynn Wood Mollenauer
The Affair of the Poisons was the greatest court scandal of the seventeenth century. From 1679 to 1682 the French crown investigated more than 400 ... More
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3. Paris in the Age of Absolutism: An Essay
by Professor Orest A Ranum
By the eighteenth century Paris was one of the great wonders of Europe, renowned for its magnificent royal monuments and as a center for science, ... More
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5. From Valois to Bourbon: Dynasty, State and Society in Early Modern France
by Keith Cameron (Editor)
In August 1589 Henri III, the last of the Valois Kings of France, was assassinated by a Dominican monk, Jacques Clement. This ill-fated and much ... More
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9. Seventeenth Century France
by G.R.R. Treasure
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10. Life in France under Louis XIV.
by John Laurence Carr
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12. Conde in Context: Ideological Change...
by Mark Bannister
Loius II de Bourbon (1621-86), known as Le Grand Conde, stood alongside Richelieu and Mazarin as one of the key figures who shaped the reign of Louis ... More
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15. La Police sous Louis XIV
by Pierre Clément
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16. Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV: An Illustrated History of Fortifications and Strategies
by Jean-Denis G G Lepage
A man of inventiveness, versatility and reformist ideas, Marshal Sebastien Le Preste de Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect Franc ... More
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17. The Man Who Outshone the Sun King: A Life of Gleaming Opulence and Wretched Reversal in the Reign of Louis XIV
by Charles Drazin
A richly textured biography of seventeenth-century minister Nicolas Fouquet, whose cunning and charisma brought him vast wealth and wide-ranging fame ... More
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18. Vicomte de Bragelonne
The Vicomte de Bragelonne opens an epic adventure which continues with Louise de La Valli re and reaches its climax in The Man in the Iron Mask. This ... More
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21. Twenty Years After
Two decades have passed since the famous swordsmen triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady in The Three Musketeers. Time has weakened their ... More
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