Foreword by Maurice Druon -- Preface -- A note on money -- Introduction : From Caesar to Abelard -- Age One 1180-1314 : Philippe Auguste -- Sunday at Bouvines ; Capital city ; The Templars' curse -- Age two 1314-1643 : Henri IV -- Besieged ; Worth a mass ; Regicide, regent and Richelieu -- Age three 1643-1795 : Louis XIV -- The move to Versailles ; A building boom ; Death of the Ancien Regime -- Age four 1795-1815 : Napoleon -- Empire and reform ; The most beautiful city that could ever exist ; Downfall of an empire -- Age five 1815-1871 : The Commune -- Constitutional monarchy and revolt ; The Second empire ; L'Annee terrible -- Age six 1871-1940 : The Treaty of Versailles -- Belle Epoque ; The Great War ; The Phoney peace -- Age seven 1940-1969 : De Gaulle -- The occupation ; I was France ; Les Jours de Mai -- Epilogue : Death in Paris--the Pere Lachaise Cemetery