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Book 1981

Their Gracious Pleasure 1782-1785

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Publisher
Knopf
Language
English
Published
1981
  • Biography
  • History
  • Causes
  • France, biography

An account of French aristocratic society on the eve of the French Revolution describes the aristocracy's decadence and corruption, their willful extravagance, and their obdurate blindness to the impending debacle