Seventeenth Century France by G. R. R. Treasure - 1967

London England: Rivingtons, 1967. Hardback. Seventeenth Century France. Previous owners name to inside covers. Some marks to spine of cloth. Wear and tear to edges of D/j. Price clipped to D/J. The seventeenth century was for France an age of splendour. In politics, literature, art and architecture, jher achievements shone with a brilliance unimagined before and unequalled since. From a country racked by religious hatreds and sapped by decaying feudalism, three men shaped a might European power: Richelieu, Mazarin, and Louis XIV. Each of these men held absolute sway over the destiny of his country, and it is on the phenomenon of absolution, with its attendant hazards, that this book lays particular stress. In lucid detail, the author traces the events of the age, from the religious turbulence at the end of the sixteenth century, through the glory of Louis' reign, to the decline and dissolution that set in at the beginning of the eighteenth century, tragically presaging the Revolution that was to come. it is a vivid yet well-documented account of an age hitherto too much shrouded in romantic myth. Illustrated. 348 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hadrback.