Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a story of the reign of Louis XIV, showing the political leadership that France enjoyed in Europe during his reign.  It also shows the unity that this King gave to the French people after generation of civil wars.  Those Englishman, Frenchman and Americans who today stroll again in peace through the gardens of Versailles - that city from which General Eisenhower directed the final assault upon Hitler's Germany - may share too,  in the consciousness of the continuing glory of France which Louis XIV was represented.
 
The English Universities Press Ltd.; 1967. Eleventh impression. Hardcover with unclipped dust cover. Dust cover has transparent protective film. End papers depict maps 'The Expansion of France During the Reign of Louis XIV' to front and 'Campaigns of French Armies in Netherlands and the Empire Under Louis XIV'. Previous owners name to FFEP. Binding tight and text clean. Preowned. ISBN: 0340058544.