Enlightened Absolutism; Age of Enlightenment

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A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories
A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories 4.01 avg rating — 156 ratings
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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science 3.97 avg rating — 9,816 ratings
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 107,273 ratings
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
Frederick the Great: King of Prussia 4.04 avg rating — 893 ratings
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Louis XIV
Louis XIV 3.91 avg rating — 107 ratings
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The Empress of Art
The Empress of Art 3.71 avg rating — 133 ratings
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Evening in the Palace of Reason
Evening in the Palace of Reason 4.07 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
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The Splendid Century: Life in the France of Louis XIV
The Splendid Century: Life in the France of Louis XIV 3.85 avg rating — 242 ratings
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Kaunitz and Enlightened Absolutism, 1753-1780
Kaunitz and Enlightened Absolutism, 1753-1780 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency Part Two
Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency Part Two 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment
The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment 3.77 avg rating — 73 ratings
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The Eighteenth Century: Europe in the Age of Enlightenment
The Eighteenth Century: Europe in the Age of Enlightenment 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Frederick the Great: A Historical Profile
Frederick the Great: A Historical Profile 3.58 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie du Chatelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and the Birth of the Modern World
Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie du Chatelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and the Birth of the Modern World 4.10 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
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Louis XIV and the Greatness of France
Louis XIV and the Greatness of France 3.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa 3.43 avg rating — 81 ratings
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The Age of Louis XIV (The Story of Civilization, #8)
The Age of Louis XIV (The Story of Civilization, #8) 4.31 avg rating — 937 ratings
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A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King: Letters of Liselotte von der Pfalz, Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, 1652 - 1722
A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King: Letters of Liselotte von der Pfalz, Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, 1652 - 1722 4.30 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen: A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King
Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen: A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King 3.59 avg rating — 104 ratings
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The Spanish Resurgence, 1713-1748 (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
The Spanish Resurgence, 1713-1748 (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History) 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings
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How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created our World & Everything in It
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created our World & Everything in It 3.94 avg rating — 6,617 ratings
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The Enlightened Despotism of the 18th Century in Europe: The Archduke Leopold I in Tuscany ..
The Enlightened Despotism of the 18th Century in Europe: The Archduke Leopold I in Tuscany .. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating