The Age of Louis XIV: The Story of Civilization
- ISBN-10
- 1451647654
- ISBN-13
- 9781451647655
- Series
- The Age of Louis XIV
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 803
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-06-07
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Will Durant, Ariel Durant
Description
The Story of Civilization, Volume VIII: A history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza: 1648-1715. This is the eighth volume of the Pulitzer Prize-winning series.
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Other editions
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- 1976-01-01
- 220 pages
- Ebook
- Transaction Publishers
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- 1976
- 208 pages
- Paperback
- Cambridge, Mass. : Schenkman Publishing Company
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