Veille parution : Philip Mansel, "King of the World. The Life of Louis XIV"

Philip Mansel, King of the World. The Life of Louis XIV Published by Allen Lane, 11th July 2019, £30 (Please note new pub date) Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, dominated his age. In the second half of the seventeenth century, he extended France's frontiers into the Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies in America, Africa and India. Louisiana, which once occupied a third of the territory of the present-day United States, is named after him. Louis was also one of the greatest..