When the world spoke FrenchFumaroli, MarcHoward, RichardEnglishBookDuring the eighteenth century, from the death of Louis XIV until the Revolution, French culture set the standard for all of Europe. In Sweden, Austria, Italy, Spain, England, Russia, and Germany, among kings and queens, diplomats, military leaders, writers, aristocrats, and artists, French was the universal language of politics and intellectual life. In When the World Spoke French, Marc Fumaroli presents a gallery of portraits of Europeans and Americans who conversed and corresponded in French, along with excerpts from their letters or other writings. --from publisher description.2011New York : New York Review Books, c2011.French language—Europe—History—18th centuryParis (France)—Intellectual life—18th centuryEurope—Civilization—French influencesBook9781590173756