The age of Louis XIV : a history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza: 1648-1715

This book collection by Will Durant represents the most comprehensive attempt in our times to embrace the vast panorama of mans history and culture. Durant is an excellent historian, and although much of what the books contained is now defunct, the majority is written very comprehensively, steering clear of controversy and unknowns in a manner of detached and objective scholarship (at least for the time period). Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage. Book 1 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Life in Greece. Book 2 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: Caesar and Christ. Book 3 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Faith. Book 4 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Renaissance. Book 5 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Reformation. Book 6 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Reason Begins. Book 7 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Lois XIV. Book 8 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Voltaire. Book 9 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and Revolution. Book 10 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Napoleon. Book 11 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. A historical study of European civilization from 1648 to 1715 focusing on Louis XIV, Cromwell, Peter the Great, and others who helped to shape the modern world WHY is it that from 1643 France exercised an almost hypnotic dominance over Western Europe, in politics till 1763, in language, literature, and art till 1815? "A history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton and Spinoza: 1648-1715."