Louis XV

 

G.P. Gooch’s study of Louis is a very early biography and although a little dated from the point of view of current research is still an informative read and is a superior popular history title with academic pretensions.


Oliver Bernier‘s Louis the Beloved  is something of a popular history but has been seen as a good explanation of a complex time, especially for beginners in this period of French history.





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Louis the Beloved: The Life of Louis XV

By Oliver Bernier (1941-  )


New York : Doubeday, 1984

ISBN 0385184026 / 9780385184021

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Reign: 1715 - 1774

French appellation: The Beloved


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Louis XV : The monarchy in decline

By G.P. Gooch (1873-1968)


London : Longman Green, 1956