{"product_id":"louis-xiv-9780393007534","title":"Louis XIV","description":"\u003cp\u003eProfessor Wolf focuses on the problems of high politics and war  which intrigued Louis and were his instruments of power. Without ignoring the fact that Louis was also a son  husband  lover  and fatheras well as kinghe gives us a striking new image of Louis as soldier administrator and a vivid  accurate picture of the kings impact on the military machine after 1691  his part in the drama of war and in the emergence of a new Europe. Although Louis XIV was a vitally important figure in European history  he has found no satisfactory biographer until now. The memorists  particularly Saint-Simon  have fixed the traditional image of Louis so firmly it is difficult to see him in any other light. John B. Wolf  challenging the myths and biases  has based this important study on Louis own documents  his diaries  decrees  and hundreds of the kings letters from the archives at Vincennes (hereto-fore almost unexploited). He presents the king as he appeared to his ministers  his diplomats  and his soldiers  rather than to the gossips of his court.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67982246150197,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393007537","price":33.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393007534.jpg?v=1794722349","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/louis-xiv-9780393007534","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}