The Guardian Of Marie Antoinette, Vol. 2

Excerpt from The Guardian of Marie Antoinette, Vol. 2: Letters From the Comte De Mercy Argenteau, Austrian Ambassador to the Court of Versailles, to Marie Thérèse, Empress of Austria, 1770-1780But all is to be changed now that the Bien-eime' is dead. Bread is already lowered in price; largesse adroitly distributed; and the chief commission - taker from the farmers of monopolies is already at Rueil, expecting to be ordered still further away from a Virtuous King and Queen who loathe the very surname she bears.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.