Louis XVI King of France 1754-1793

Overview

Works:	11,802 works in 19,234 publications in 2 languages and 84,018 library holdings
Genres:	History Poetry Sources Trials, litigation, etc Records and correspondence Parodies, imitations, etc
Subject Headings:	Legislators
Roles:	Librettist, Honoree, Other, Translator, Dedicatee, Correspondent, Recipient, Cartographer, Originator, Former owner, Engraver, Collaborator, Collector
Classifications:	E120, 330

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Publications about Louis

Publications by Louis

Publications by Louis, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Louis

The family romance of the French Revolution by Lynn Hunt ( )
When the king took flight by Timothy Tackett ( Book )
The hidden diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson ( Book )
Louis and Antoinette by Vincent Cronin ( Book )
The king's trial : the French Revolution vs. Louis XVI by David P Jordan ( Book )

The fatal friendship; Marie Antoinette, Count Fersen and the flight to Varennes by Stanley Loomis ( Book )
Louis XVI by John Hardman ( Book )
The life and death of Louis XVI by Saul Kussiel Padover ( Book )
Marie Antoinette by Joan Haslip ( Book )
Regicide and revolution; speeches at the trial of Louis XVI by Michael Walzer ( Book )
The bad queen : rules and instructions for Marie-Antoinette by Carolyn Meyer ( Book )
Louis XVI : or the end of a world by Bernard Faÿ ( Book )
Louis XVI, the silent king by John Hardman ( Book )
The road from Versailles : Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the fall of the French monarchy by Munro Price ( Book )
The lost king of France : a true story of revolution, revenge, and DNA by Deborah Cadbury ( Book )
Journal de ce qui s'est passé a la tour du temple pendant la captivité de Louis XVI, roi de France. Par M. Cléry. by Cléry ( )
Massacre at the Champ de Mars popular dissent and political culture in the French Revolution by David Andress ( )
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and the French Revolution by Nancy Plain ( Book )
Reasons for wishing to preserve the life of Louis Capet as delivered to the National Convention by Thomas Paine ( )
The deaths of Louis XVI : regicide and the French political imagination by Susan Dunn ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Louis

Discours du roi, a l'Assemblée des notables tenue à Versailles, le 22 février 1787 by France ( )
12 editions published in 1787 in French and held by 257 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Speech of the French King, to the Assembly of Notables held at Versailles the 22d of February, 1787 : with the discourse pronounced by order of the King, and in his presence, by Monsieur Calonne, controller general of the finances of France by France ( )
9 editions published in 1787 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The vision of Columbus a poem in nine books by Joel Barlow ( )
5 editions published in 1787 in English and held by 182 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Testament de Louis XVI by Louis ( )
55 editions published between 1792 and 2011 in French and Undetermined and held by 172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Retranscription du testament politique de Louis XVI récemment retrouvé aux Etats-Unis. Il est suivi par un texte écrit par le comte de Provence, son frère, qui traite des injustices subies par le roi

The trial at large of Louis XVI late king of France. Containing a most complete and authentic narrative of every interesting and important circumstance attending the accusation-trial, defence, sentence-execution, &c. of this unfortunate monarch. Communicated in a series of letters by a Member of the late national assembly, to a member of the British Parliament. To which is subjoined a copy of His Majesty's will by Member of the late National Assembly ( )
3 editions published in 1793 in English and held by 139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Requête du prince de Guémené au roi by Henri-Louis-Marie Rohan-Guéméné ( )
6 editions published between 1785 and 1788 in French and held by 135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lettre du roi pour la convocation des États-généraux à Versailles le 27 avril 1789, et règlement y annexé by France ( Book )
48 editions published in 1789 in French and held by 122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Réponse donnée par le roi, le 25 août 1787, aux remontrances de la Cour des aides on y a joint l'arrêté de la Cour des aides du 27 août, sur la réponse du roi : l'arrêté de la Cour des monnoies : l'arrêté du Parlement séant à Troyes, du 27 août : & les réquisitoires sur l'impôt du timbre & l'impôt territorial, par M. de Barville, avocat général à la Cour des aides by France ( )
4 editions published in 1787 in French and held by 114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Proclamation du roi, pour la répartition des impositions ordinaires de l'année prochaine 1790, dans les pays ci-devant connus sous la dénomination de pays d'élection du 16 octobre 1789 by France ( )
5 editions published in 1789 in French and held by 101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Testament de Louis Seize, ci-devant roi de France, ecrit par lui by Louis ( )
5 editions published in 1793 in French and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La caravane du Caire [opéra-ballet en trois actes] ; Le jugement de Midas by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry ( )
2 editions published in 2008 in French and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La Caravane du Caire is one of the rare works that Grétry composed for the Académie Royale that respected the conventions of the institution. Full of verve and color, this opera was one of the greatest successes of his career. A few exotic touches and the presence of a ballet also contributed to the score's success

Louis, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to all who shall see these presents, greeting by France ( )
6 editions published in 1778 in English and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Discours prononcé par le roi, a l'Assemblée nationale, le 4 février 1790 by France ( Book )
34 editions published between 1789 and 1790 in French and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The political and confidential correspondence of Lewis XVI : with observations on each letter by François Babié de Bercenay ( Book )
2 editions published in 1803 in English and held by 66 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The letters, in French and English, are the work of F. Babie de Bercenay and Count Imbert de la Platiere

A selection of trials, causes, and important occurrences, in Courts of Judicature including characteristical remarks and anecdote by J. G Sinclair ( )
1 edition published in 1801 in English and held by 61 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Appel de Louis XVI à la nation, 1793. Préf. de Louis Madelin by Louis ( Book )
8 editions published between 1949 and 1950 in French and held by 51 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The accusation, trial, defence, sentence, execution, and last will, of Lewis XVI. late King of France and Navarre; ... Translated from the French. With a portrait of Lewis, and a view ... of the guillotine by Louis ( )
7 editions published in 1793 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Réponse du roi du 17 avril 1788 aux remontrances du parlement sur la séance du 19 novembre 1787 by Louis ( Book )
14 editions published between 1787 and 1989 in French and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lettre du roi d'Angleterre au roi de France sur les Etats généraux by George ( Book )
9 editions published in 1789 in French and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lettres patentes du roi sur le décret de l'Assemblée nationale portant règlement provisoire pour la police de la ville de Paris by Louis ( Book )
11 editions published between 1777 and 1790 in French and held by 47 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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