Twilight of princes / editor, Christopher Hibbert.
Includes material on Louis XIV, the South Sea Bubble, Ch'ien-lung, emperor of China, the War of the Austrian Succession, the first performance of Handel's Messiah, Henry Fielding and Tom Jones, Denis Diderot and his encyclopedia, the Lisbon earthquake, the French and Indian War, James Cook...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Newsweek Books,
1974.
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| Edition: | 2d ed. |
| Series: | Milestones of history. New ser. ;
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Table of Contents:
- 1713 Twilight of the sun king / Jacques Madaule
- 1720 The South Sea bubble / John Carswell
- 1736 Ch'ien-lung becomes emperor of China / Russell Ash
- 1740 The War of the Austrian Succession / Stuart Andrews
- 1742 First performance of Handel's "Messiah" / Ian Gillham
- 1749 "Tom Jones" revolutionizes literature / David Norton
- An encyclopedia for the Enlightenment / Richard Friedenthal
- Disaster strikes Lisbon / Suzanne Chantal
- 1759 The year of victories / Jock Haswell
- 1770 "Terra Incognita" / Roderick Cameron
- 1772 The first partition of Poland / Norman Davies
- 1775 Watt constructs an efficient steam engine / John Stevenson
- 1776 The Declaration of Independence / Arnold Whitridge
- 1789 "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite" / Jacques Godechot
- 1793 The execution of Louis XVI / M. J. Sydenham
- 1794 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin / Sydney Paulden
- 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte becomes first consul / M. J. Sydenham.