Louis XVI was at the center of the French Revolution, one of the major turning points in world history, but little is known about him. He is often portrayed only as the weak, lazy, and treasonous king dominated by Marie-Antoinette. This new investigation by John Hardman, a leading expert on the French Revolution, challenges this stereotype. Drawing on new evidence from Louis XVI's letters and from a large body of new research, Hardman provides the first detailed reconstruction of the king's political thought and sheds new light on the king's character and personality.

General editorial preface
Preface
Table: French kings from Louis XIV
Introduction: the many faces of Louis XVI

I Louis XVI and the ancien regime
1. Inhertance
2. The education of a king
3. 1774: a new monarch-and a new monarchy?
4. Louis XVI and Turgot
5. Necker, 1776-1781: charlatan or saviour?
6. Foreign policy, 1774-1789
7. 1781-1787: personal rule?
8. Watershed

II Louis XVI and the French Revolution
Overview
9. 1789
10. Varennes
11. The fall of the monarchy
12. Trial and death
13. Three general perspectives and a conclusion

Notes
Slect bibliography
Chronology
Index

John Hardman is at University of Edinburgh.

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