The editorial of Le Figaro Histoire: "Louis XV, the unloved"

2022-10-01T10:54:57.324Z

Shy, impenetrable, reluctant to shine in the spotlight, yet haunted by a desire not to prove himself unworthy of his great-grandfather's legacy, the king remains in many ways an enigma. , underlines Michel De Jaeghere, director of Figaro Histoire.

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Figaro Histoire “Louis XV, the unloved”.

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“Louis XV, the unloved”.

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In those days, even war was fought in lace.

For a witticism, a good word, a nice gesture

("Misters the English, shoot first!"),

we were ready to take the risk of receiving a salvo of lead in the chest.

The aristocracy distinguished itself on the battlefields of the entire earth, from Senegal to the West Indies, from Quebec to Pondicherry.

The marquises were not shy, in spite of the defenses presented by their basket dresses.

Furniture, books, silverware, precious objects, the decorative arts gave the elite that dominated France the privilege of living in a setting that combined exquisite refinement with unbridled fantasy.

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The marble of the Grand Siècle had been replaced by wooden panels painted in light tints, where flowers rose up in bouquets between two Cupids…

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