A. Lloyd Moote University of California Press , 15 Feb 1989 - History - 417 pages 0 Reviews In this fascinating biography, A. Lloyd Moote provides the first authoritative account of one of the most enigmatic figures of seventeenth-century Europe. Contrary of popular portrayals of the monarch as a hapless kind, Moote argues that Louis XIII was a ruler who powerfully shaped his people's destiny. Preview this book »