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The glittering century
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- Creator
- by Phillips Russell; illustrated with contemporary paintings and prints
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : C. Scribner's Sons; London : C. Scribner's Sons, 1936
- Physical Details
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- 7 preliminary leaves, 3-326 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 24 cm
- OCLC
- ocm01003472
- pt. 1. Sun King -- Father of ideas -- Bewildered queen -- Enigmatic woman -- Bred for war -- Russian axman -- Disillusions -- Plight of governors -- Death of certainty interlude -- pt. 2. Another bourbon -- Dark sea -- Boudoir rule -- World explosion -- Lackey's blow -- Mercantile moralist -- Reason's rebel -- The third George -- Enter an economist -- Squire in blue -- Handsome Swede -- End of vassalage -- Bubbles of reaction -- Master salesman