The narrative history of France in 1709 combines scholarship with storytelling, and balances rigor with clarity and accessibility. The account of Louis XIV, the aging king beset by doubts and dangers yet determined to rule during the great crisis of 1709, is a gripping and immersive history of the dark year when Louis XIV and his monarchical state faced a potential military, economic, and political collapse during the War of the Spanish Succession.
1709: Twilight of the Sun King is a narrative history of the greatest crisis France faced between the Fronde and the Revolution. A vigorous study of France at the height of absolutism.
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A gripping, readable account of the greatest crisis of the French ancien régime before 1789; Dee links together warfare, finance and climate to draw a compelling picture of a state on the brink of collapse. -- David Parrott, University of Oxford
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1709: Twilight of the Sun King is a narrative history of the greatest crisis France faced between the Fronde and the Revolution. A vigorous study of France at the height of absolutism.
Darryl Dee is Assistant Professor at Wilfred Laurier University. His specialties include early modern French history and early modern military history.
