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Title: The Damiens Affair and the Unraveling of the ANCIEN REGIME, 1750-1770
Condition: New
ISBN-10: 0691612765
EAN: 9780691612768
ISBN: 9780691612768
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 14/07/2014
Description: This book examines an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Louis XV of France and the trial of his assailant, Robert-Francois Damiens, revealing the beginnings of the French Revolution in the ecclesiastical controversies that dominated the Damiens affair. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 254mm
Item Length: 178mm
Item Weight: 652g
Author: Dale K. Van Kley
Genre: Biography
Book Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Topic: History
Release Year: 2014

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