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  • The genius of Voltaire historian  

    The Age of Louis XIV (Paperback)
    It was in 1752 that seemed "Century of Louis XIV". There will be time of Voltaire, more than fifty editions and reprints of this book ... The first page sets the tone of the book: "It is not only the life of Louis XIV alleged to write, we p
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  • Royal history lessons  

    The Age of Louis XIV (Paperback)
    Voltaire twenty years to the death of Louis XIV. Fifteen years later, he began preparing the Age of Louis XIV, work to which he dedicated twenty years, with the purpose "to dismiss the multitude of small facts to reveal the extensive and only s' may
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  • Great art 3  

    The Age of Louis XIV (Paperback)
    As Voltaire explains in the preface, it is not only to describe the personal work of Louis XIV but "paint to posterity the minds of men in the most enlightened age that ever was," the "Grand Century". And indeed, what does one extraord
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  • For Voltaire and his century  

    The Age of Louis XIV (Paperback)
    To the knowledge of Louis XIV, better read Saint-Simon or the Princess Palatine. Voltaire's book is especially interesting for its style, for what it reveals about Voltaire and, through him, of his time. The style is that of the conversation, hopping
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