France - History - Louis XV, 1715-1774
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Memoirs of the Marchioness of Pompadour Written by herself. Wherein are displayed the motives of the wars, treaties of peace, embassies, and negotiations, in the several courts of Europe: The Cabals and Intrigues of Courtiers; the Characters of Generals, and Ministers of State, with the Causes of their Rise and Fall; and, in general, the most remarkable Occurrences at the Court of France, during the last twenty Years of the Reign of Lewis XV. Translated from the French. In two volumes.
Date: 1766- E-books
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Vie privée de Louis XV , ou principaux événements, particularités, et anecdotes de son règne. Nouvelle édition, corrigée & augmentée sur les manuscrits de l'auteur, & ornée du portrait du Roi.
Mouffle d'Angerville, d. ca. 1794.Date: 1781- E-books
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Journal historique de la révolution opérée dans la constitution de la monarchie françoise , par M. de Maupéou, Chancelier de France.
Mairobert, Mathieu François Pidanzat de, 1727-1779.Date: 1774- E-books
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Memoirs of Count Lally, from his embarking for the East Indies, as Commander in Chief of the French Forces in that Country, to his being sent prisoner of war to England, after the Surrender of Pondichery. Consisting of pieces written by himself and addressed to his judges, in answer to the Charges brought against him by the Attorney General of his most Christian Majesty. Illustrated by a map of his Military Operations in the East Indies. To which are added accounts of the prior part of his life his condemnation and execution; With such other Pieces, (most of them produced on his trial) as were thought most necessary to illustrate his civil and military Character.
Lally Tollendal, Thomas Arthur de Count.Date: 1766- E-books
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Aiguilloniana; ou, anecdotes utiles pour l'histoire de France , Au dix-huitieme siècle, depuis l'année 1770. Par M. Linguet.
Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1736-1794.Date: 1777