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Louis XVIII of France

1755–1824

Louis XVIII was king of France after the fall of Napoleon, ruling during the Bourbon Restoration. His reign involved balancing royal authority, constitutional settlement and the divisions left by revolution, empire and occupation.

Louis XVIII of France also held the offices or ranks of duke, King of the French, French co-prince of Andorra, and Grand Master of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. Louis XVIII of France belonged to the House of Bourbon in France and operated within Kingdom of France. Louis XVIII of France was born in Palace of Versailles and died in Tuileries Palace.

Winston Graham’s Bella Poldark is set under the Bourbon Restoration, using the social and political atmosphere of 1818–1820 created by Louis XVIII’s restored monarchy as the background to the Poldarks’ next generation. Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables begins in the post-Napoleonic order established under Louis and carries the consequences of Restoration politics forward into the July Monarchy. Richard Woodman’s The Shadow of the Eagle depicts Louis directly in 1814 as he is escorted from English exile back to France after Napoleon’s first abdication. Graham’s The Twisted Sword places his government in immediate jeopardy when Napoleon returns from Elba and the Hundred Days force the Bourbons out of Paris again. C. S. Harris’ When Blood Lies turns that same March 1815 collapse into the setting for Sebastian St Cyr’s investigation, with Louis’s regime disintegrating as divided loyalties and Napoleon’s advance transform a family murder case into a political danger.

Periods

Periods linked to Louis XVIII of France

Bourbon Restoration in France1814–1830 CE

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Louis XVIII of France (3 series)

Poldark in Order

by Winston Graham 12 books 4.4(68,383)

The Poldark novels follow Ross, Demelza and their family in Cornwall from the aftermath of the American Revolutionary War through the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and into the Regency aftermath. The series combines mining, gentry politics, coastal smuggling, marriage, family conflict and the pressure of war on…

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1. Ross Poldark

First published 1945 · 4.4(10,736)

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2. Demelza

First published 1946 · 4.4(6,400)

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3. Jeremy Poldark

First published 1950 · 4.3(6,680)

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4. Warleggan

First published 1953 · 4.4(5,701)

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5. The Black Moon

First published 1973 · 4.4(5,287)

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6. The Four Swans

First published 1976 · 4.5(4,923)

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7. The Angry Tide

First published 1977 · 4.5(5,233)

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8. The Stranger from the Sea

First published 1981 · 4.4(4,848)

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9. The Miller’s Dance

First published 1982 · 4.4(4,303)

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10. The Loving Cup

First published 1984 · 4.5(4,269)

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11. The Twisted Sword

First published 1990 · 4.5(4,094)

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12. Bella Poldark

First published 2002 · 4.5(5,909)

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Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery in Order

by C. S. Harris 21 books 4.3(208,269)

The Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries follow Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a former cavalry officer and intelligence agent who investigates murders in Regency Britain. Beginning in 1811, his cases carry him from royal palaces and Mayfair drawing rooms to prisons, docks, rookeries and country villages, where violent crimes…

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1. What Angels Fear

First published 2005 · 4.0(21,709)

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2. When Gods Die

First published 2006 · 4.2(14,741)

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3. Why Mermaids Sing

First published 2007 · 4.3(13,647)

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4. Where Serpents Sleep

First published 2008 · 4.3(12,946)

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5. What Remains of Heaven

First published 2009 · 4.3(12,008)

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6. Where Shadows Dance

First published 2011 · 4.3(11,932)

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7. When Maidens Mourn

First published 2012 · 4.3(11,279)

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8. What Darkness Brings

First published 2013 · 4.3(10,386)

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9. Why Kings Confess

First published 2014 · 4.3(9,236)

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10. Who Buries the Dead

First published 2015 · 4.4(10,105)

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11. When Falcons Fall

First published 2016 · 4.3(9,544)

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12. Where the Dead Lie

First published 2017 · 4.4(8,258)

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13. Why Kill the Innocent

First published 2018 · 4.3(8,597)

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14. Who Slays the Wicked

First published 2019 · 4.4(7,954)

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15. Who Speaks for the Damned

First published 2020 · 4.4(7,791)

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16. What the Devil Knows

First published 2021 · 4.4(8,282)

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17. When Blood Lies

First published 2022 · 4.4(7,660)

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18. Who Cries for the Lost

First published 2023 · 4.4(6,825)

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19. What Cannot Be Said

First published 2024 · 4.5(6,337)

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20. Who Will Remember

First published 2025 · 4.4(5,379)

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21. When the Wolves Are Silent

First published 2026 · 4.6(3,653)

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Nathaniel Drinkwater in Order

by Richard Woodman 14 books 4.4(2,498)

The Nathaniel Drinkwater series follows a Royal Navy officer from his first service during the American Revolutionary War to a final mission in early Victorian Britain. Drinkwater rises from vulnerable midshipman to experienced captain while operating across the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Baltic, Arctic, Pacific and China seas. The fourteen…