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The Story of Civilization : The Age of Louis XIV Hardcover - 1993
by Will Durant; Ariel Durant
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- Title The Story of Civilization : The Age of Louis XIV
- Author Will Durant; Ariel Durant
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 2nd
- Condition Used - Good
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Fine Communications, New York
- Date 1993
- Bookseller's Inventory # G1567310192I3N00
- ISBN 9781567310191 / 1567310192
- Weight 2.89 lbs (1.31 kg)
- Dimensions 9.65 x 6.91 x 1.89 in (24.51 x 17.55 x 4.80 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 909
Summary
From [the Wikipedia page for *The Story of Civilization*][1]:
The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an eleven-volume set of books covering Western history for the general reader. The volumes sold well for many years, and sets of them were frequently offered by book clubs.
The series was written over a span of more than four decades, and totals four million words across nearly 10,000 pages, but is incomplete. In the first volume (Our Oriental Heritage, which covers the history of the East through 1933), Will Durant stated that he wanted to include the history of the West through the early 20th century. However, the series ends with The Age of Napoleon because the Durants both died in the 1980s – she in her 80s and he in his 90s – before they could complete additional volumes.
The first six volumes of The Story of Civilization are credited to Will Durant, with Ariel receiving recognition in the acknowledgements. In later volumes, beginning with The Age of Reason Begins, Ariel is credited as a co-author.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Civilization
First line
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?