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Cobban's narrative commences with the death in 1715 of Louis XIV after 54 years of personal rule. Louis XIV had used those five decades to perfect a system of absolutist monarchy and to exert French power and influence throughout the continent of Europe. Yet, the seeds of the downfall of the Ancien Regieme were laid in a seres of wars and failure to deal with widespread poverty, leading to the Revolution and teh rise of Napoleon.
Volume 1 of a three book series of France by the author ( the second covers 1799-1871 and the third 1871-1945) Various revisions were issued over the years
