The French Revolution is arguably the most studied event in western historiography alongside the World Wars. Perhaps no other upheaval has had so much of an influence on the way we think about politics and society. Yet the Revolution was not a predestined affair, instead it was the result of both the structural problems of the Ancien Regime and the decisions of the Bourbon monarchs who failed to address the issues facing France. Today we are looking at life of the most infamous Bourbon of them all, King Louis XVI.