Enlightened Absolutism; Age of Enlightenment (22 books)

Rationalist Government in 18th Century Europe: Frederick the Great, Maria Theresa, Louis XIV, the Scottish Enlightenment, Joseph II, Catherine the Great etc.

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1	A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories by Zain Hashmi (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 162 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes 3.97 avg rating — 9,925 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie 3.94 avg rating — 107,946 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Frederick the Great: King of Prussia by Timothy C.W. Blanning 4.04 avg rating — 915 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Louis XIV by Vincent Cronin 3.92 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Empress of Art by Susan Jaques (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Evening in the Palace of Reason by James R. Gaines 4.07 avg rating — 1,235 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Splendid Century: Life in the France of Louis XIV by W.H. Lewis 3.86 avg rating — 245 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Kaunitz and Enlightened Absolutism, 1753-1780 by Franz A.J. Szabo 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency Part Two by Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment by Roy Porter 3.77 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Eighteenth Century: Europe in the Age of Enlightenment by Alfred Cobban (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Frederick the Great: A Historical Profile by Gerhard Ritter 3.57 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie du Chatelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and the Birth of the Modern World by David Bodanis (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 1,126 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Louis XIV and the Greatness of France by Maurice Percy Ashley 3.19 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Maria Theresa by Edward Crankshaw 3.43 avg rating — 81 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Age of Louis XIV (The Story of Civilization, #8) by Will Durant 4.32 avg rating — 956 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King: Letters of Liselotte von der Pfalz, Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, 1652 - 1722 by Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz 4.30 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen: A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King by Pierre Goubert 3.60 avg rating — 107 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Spanish Resurgence, 1713-1748 (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History) by Christopher Storrs 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created our World & Everything in It by Arthur Herman 3.94 avg rating — 6,726 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Enlightened Despotism of the 18th Century in Europe: The Archduke Leopold I in Tuscany .. by John Rea Patterson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars