xix, 678 pages : 25 cm

Includes index and bibliographical references (pages 621-662)

Louis le Dieudonne -- The formation of the regency government -- The boy-king -- The "fronde" I: parlementary, 1648-49 -- The "fronde" II: the princes -- The education of the king: I -- The education of the king: II -- The young king: family and court -- The Mancini crisis -- The last act under Mazarin -- The new government: there shall be no minister-favorite -- The collaborators of the king -- The "métier" of the king -- High policy -- The war of devolution -- The Dutch war: assault -- The Dutch war: threat of defeat, 1673-75 -- The Dutch war: last phase -- The court of Apollo -- The young king: his wife, mother, mistresses -- Maturity: the royal family -- The aging lion: husband, father, grandfather -- The cult of the king -- One god, one king, one law -- A policy of violence and terror -- Descent into the maelstrom -- The first world war: Louvois -- The first world war: Louis -- The Spanish inheritance -- The war of the two crowns: first years -- From Blenheim to Oudenarde -- The peace that failed -- Peace for Europe -- The last act

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