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He became in turn mayor of Dinan, deputy to the Etats of Brittany, member of the Académie Francaise when about forty years of age, histo rio-grapher of France, then finally, in 1775, secre taire perpe'tuel of the Académie.
In his capacity of historiographer, he had access to all the departments of the administration and specially had at his disposal the papers of the library of the minister of Foreign Afiairs. It was not long before he discovered therein some curious works. First a history of Louis XI, begun by an abbé and never published; from this he evolved his own work Of the same name; then on the death of saint-simon many manuscripts containing secrets of State were seized and from these Duclos drew most interesting Memoirs; those of the Regency written in a lively and at times remarkable style sustain the interest throughout.
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He became in turn mayor of Dinan, deputy to the Etats of Brittany, member of the Académie Francaise when about forty years of age, histo rio-grapher of France, then finally, in 1775, secre taire perpe'tuel of the Académie.
In his capacity of historiographer, he had access to all the departments of the administration and specially had at his disposal the papers of the library of the minister of Foreign Afiairs. It was not long before he discovered therein some curious works. First a history of Louis XI, begun by an abbé and never published; from this he evolved his own work Of the same name; then on the death of saint-simon many manuscripts containing secrets of State were seized and from these Duclos drew most interesting Memoirs; those of the Regency written in a lively and at times remarkable style sustain the interest throughout.
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Excerpt from Secret Memoirs of the Regency: The Minority of Louis XV The name of Regency is particularly applied in the history of France to the government of Philippe d'Orleans, nephew of Louis XIV, during the minority of Louis XV (1715-1723). It was, from a political point of view, a reaction against the absolutism of Louis XIV, and the period was signalised by a recrudescence in public immorality and by the disastrous financial ventures of John Law. Most authors of the period seem to be agreed that Philippe d'Orleans was, of all the descendants of Henri IV, the one who resembled him most; "he possessed his valour, his kindness, his indulgence, his gaiety, his quickness, his frankness." It is true that awful charges were brought against him, but many are no longer believed and among these the one regarding his relations with his daughter, the Duchesse de Berri. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
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