The queen's embroiderer : a true story of Paris, lovers, swindlers, and the first stock market crisis
DeJean, Joan E.2018
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Paris, 1719. The stock market is surging and the world's first millionaires are buying everything in sight. Against this backdrop, two families, the Magoulets and the Chevrots, rose to prominence only to plummet in the first stock market crash. One family built its name on the burgeoning financial industry, the other as master embroiderers for Queen Marie-Thérèse and her husband, King Louis XIV. Both patriarchs were ruthless money-mongers, determined to strike it rich by arranging marriages for their children. But in a Shakespearean twist, two of their children fell in love. To remain together, Louise Magoulet and Louis Chevrot fought their fathers' rage and abuse. A real-life heroine, Louise took on Magoulet, Chevrot, the police, an army regiment, and the French Indies Company to stay with the man she loved. Joan DeJean follows these families from 1600 until the Revolution of 1789.
Main title:
Author:
DeJean, Joan E., author
Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
vii, 375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781632864741 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
904382