Preserving the Monarchy: The Comte de Vergennes 1774-1787 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521527064)

The Comte de Vergennes is best known as one of the great foreign ministers of modern French history, but for much of the 1780s he was also first minister in all but name. This is the first book to deal in depth with the critical part he played in French domestic policies on the eve of the Revolution. His financial reforms, fully examined here, were the last attempt to restructure the monarchy in accordance with its traditional principles. The failure of this undertaking accelerated the final collapse of the royal government. This study is based on important new archival material, as well as on established sources which are often reinterpreted here.

Author: Munro Price
ISBN-10: 0521527066
ISBN-13: 9780521527064
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2004
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d