I enjoyed Evil Aimé!

The author takes effect after Pierre Gaxotte and especially Michel Antoine and tries to paint a more realistic picture of the king's shy and that was Louis XV. He thus returns on the various stages of his reign without forgetting the dark sides (Canada, the Deer Park).

It also recalls that Louis XV, given the difficulties piling up, can not count on the help of a senior political staff worthy of Richelieu, Mazarin or other Colbert who served his predecessors. Worse! The author does not forget to return to the case of Choiseul who did everything possible to blacken the image of the king who returned ...

Finally, the author also mentions the Maupéou reform and also ends his book with a question unanswered: This reform, Louis XVI void, could she save the monarchy?

We must recognize that the author manages a brilliant demonstration and, after his previous volumes on Louis XIII, XIV and XVI, the book demonstrates that he is one of the best historians of the modern age.