by Jean-Christian Petitfils · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782818503485
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«Le Régent» is the historical biography by Jean-Christian Petitfils, published by Hachette Pluriel Editions in paperback (994 pages, in French).
After the death of Louis XIV in 1715, his nephew Philip of Orleans assumed the regency of France until 1723. Petitfils vindicates the prince whom legend reduces to a libertine: intelligent, hardworking and a skillful politician, he promoted the polysynody and Law's system, favored rapprochement with England and sought peace at home and abroad.
The text originally appeared in 1986; this new edition was published on October 2, 2013 under the Pluriel imprint.
For readers of French history and eighteenth-century political biography interested in a documented reassessment of the Regency.
Jean-Christian Petitfils, born in Paris on December 25, 1944, is a French writer, historian and political scientist, as well as a banker until 2004.
