the regrouping of the French aristocracy after Louis XIV
Ford, Franklin L
1953
Describes the rise to power of the high noblesse de Robe--the personnel of the sovereign courts of France--after the death of Louis XIV, and the concurrent resurgence of the French aristocracy.
A biography of "the Sun King" who strengthened France in many ways but at the same time planted the seeds for the French Revolution through his neglect and persecution of peasants and Huguenots.
