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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/eighteenthcentur00stryuoftThis panoramic history of the last days of Bourbon France opens with the death of Louis XIV in 1715 and the minority of the ill-educated, Louis XV. The financial genius, John Law, precipitates a market bubble, with speculators frantic to buy and sell shares. The King, indolent and sensual, is content to leave the government to his cardinals and his mistresses. Meanwhile, France loses India and North America in the Seven Years' War. In 1774, Louis XVI succeeds his grandfather. Well-intentioned, but ineffectual, he falls under the sway of Marie-Antoinette and her favorites, so that when at last competent ministers are found to confront France's problems, it is too late. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
Target completion date: 2022-07-01
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/War & Military; *Non-fiction/History/Early Modern; *Non-fiction/Literary Criticism; *Non-fiction/Political Science
Keywords that describe the book: Voltaire, Maria Theresa, Marie Antoinette, French history, Diderot, Frederick the Great, J.J. Rousseau, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Necker, Beaumarchais, Marquis d'Argenson, Count d'Artois, Madame du Barry, Louis Henri Duc de Bourbon, Duc de Choiseul, Prince de Conti, Cardinal Fleury, Joseph II, Marquis de Lafayette, Duc Philippe d'Orleans, Madame de Pompadour, Seven Years' War
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
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