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La Découverte
EAN : 9782707197610
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 224
Size : 135 x 220 mm

Collection : Cahiers libres
Release date : 11/01/2018
His name, Étienne de Silhouette, belies a colorful character. A great traveller, author, spy and statesman, Étienne de Silhouette was one of the best-known men of his time. Although nothing about him suggested he would reach the heights of power, this brilliant Enlightenment philosopher, reader of Confucius, translator of Pope,... His name, Étienne de Silhouette, belies a colorful character. A great traveller, author, spy and statesman, Étienne de Silhouette was one of the best-known men of his time. Although nothing about him suggested he would reach the heights of power, this brilliant Enlightenment philosopher, reader of Confucius, translator of Pope, and protégé of Madame de Pompadour, was to become Louis XV’s minister of finance. In 1759, thirty years before the French Revolution, while the people were weighed down by taxes and beset by famine, Étienne de Silhouette’s financial policy was shook up Versailles.
Thierry Maugenest presents us with a lively biography of this minister of Louis XV who taxed financiers and the nobility to bring relief to the poor.

 
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EAN : 9782707197610
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 224
Size : 135 x 220 mm
La Découverte