Real Lives in the Eighteenth Century: A Global Perspective

Real Lives in the Eighteenth Century presents a global history using four sets of biographies to illustrate corresponding situations in different geographical regions.

Rebecca Ard Boone has a Ph.D. in early modern European history from Rutgers University and currently serves as Professor of History and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Lamar University in Texas. She is the author of four books: War, Domination, and the Monarchy of France, Mercurino di Gattinara and the Creation of the Spanish Empire, Real Lives in the Sixteenth Century, and Real Lives in the Eighteenth Century.