![]() ![]() ![]() Otherwie, how could something so big, so costly, and so powerful remain so long unnoticed? This book is a portrait of that giant, the French army of the grand siècle, made visible again.Ī historian who opens his book with these words obviously has an axe to grind and once again I had the feeling of coming into an argument without knowing the particulars or the people involved. Yet historians renowned for being the mot forward looking and sophisticated in skill and interpretation, fail to see him they write as if he never existed. He ate an mountain of bread and drank a river of wine at each meal. The Son of kings, this armed colossus once towered above his foes to bestride a continent. I keep safe the memory of an invisible giant. Giant of the Grand Siècle: The French Army 1610-1715 ![]()
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