This is the fifth of a projected six volumes by Dr Warren H Carroll on the history of Christendom Revolution against Christendom begins during the reign of Louis XIV and France s rise to European supremacy after the Sun King s confident supplanting of his Cardinal ministers Richelieu and Mazarin It ends with the shattering of Napoleon s forces at Waterloo a defeat that was as Carroll states the result of the kind of alliance that only God could make The volume chronicles the misfortunes and disintegration of the Catholic monarchies of Europe in the face of new hostile ideologies Standing against the spirit of revolution the spirit of Hell itself was the Church and the inspiring though often tragic figures of Christendom heroes such as King John Sobieski of Poland Bonnie Prince Charlie Marie Antoinette Jacques Cathenlineau even Georges Jacques Danton whose repudiation of the Terror of the French Revolution and return to the Church has until now been an event ign