More biographical and less political history than I would have preferred, but still interesting. French names given in proper French were difficult for my wooden ear to distinguish among.
Another concept besides political maps over time that could be rendered in Flash is the genealogical histories of European (and other) royalty. Because the 17th is my least favorite century of the modern period, I know nothing of the War of the Spanish Succession. I haven't encountered it much because--I think?--England, the only country I pay attention to, was too busy with its tedious later Stuarts and Roundheads and hiding in oak trees to be much involved. But I should pay more attention. I have a couple of books about the Hapsburgs (am I supposed to spell it with a b instead of a p? meh) and possibly I should read those.
I cannot recommend this audio production. It didn't suck, as Flo Gibson sucks, as the Blackstone production of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee sucks, but the beginning and end of each chapter had music, which was annoying. The narrator was a man, despite Nancy Mitford probably being female, and not so much of the tale was told from Louis XIV's personal point of view to justify it either.