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Book Title: Absolute Monarchy ON the Frontiers : Louis Xiv's Military Occupations of Lorraine and Savoy
Item Length: 6.4in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 9.3in
Author: Phil Mccluskey
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Royalty, Europe / Western, Europe / France
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
