Reviews for Reading the French Enlightenment: System and Subversion

The average rating for Reading the French Enlightenment: System and Subversion based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-31 00:00:00 Vladimir Stefanovic Louis XIV (the Sun King) oversaw the expansion and then contraction of the French lands in his attempts to win land and glorie for him and his descendants. Whilst I knew a little of this era from the English changes of Monarchs during this time I knew nothing about the wars of Louis XIV or the reasons behind the various conflicts. This book was a perfect introduction. It's slimline 90 pages are packed with pictures, maps, and explanations of the flows of the conflicts. Due to the page number constraints, this book by necessity skims over any detail but I found it very useful none-the-less.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-08-08 00:00:00 Eileen Kurillo A VERY broad overview of the wars of Louis XIV. It is certainly a helpful primer on the subject, giving not only broad coverage of the campaigns but also some of the framework by which historians understand the wars (war-as-process, "war feeds war", etc.). However, there is very little detail on anything, which made it hard for me to retain much information or find an ongoing interest in the subject.