The Siècle is a history podcast covering France’s overlooked century between Napoleon and World War I. Visit thesiecle.com for annotated scripts, pictures, maps, sources and more.
Marshal Auguste de Marmont was tasked with putting down Parisian rebels after the Four Ordinances of July 1830. There were only a few problems: he didn’t have enough men or supplies, he opposed the Ordinances, and his bosses neglected to inform him of his new job.
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Follow the money and where does it lead? In the Bourbon Restoration, the financial lifeblood of France was the Paris Stock Exchange, where trading in government bonds made and lost fortunes, secured comfortable retirements, and shook the very ship of state.
I’m joined by historian Tyson Leuchter to break down the role of debt and finance in Restoration life.
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