Publisher's Synopsis
Wherein are Displayed The Motives of the Wars, Treaties of Peace, Embassies, and Negotiations, in the several Courts of Europe: The Cabals and Intrigues of Courtiers; the Characters of Generals, and Ministers of State, with the Causes of their Rise and Fall; and, in general, the most remarkable Occurrences at the Court of France, during the last twenty Years of the Reign of Lewis XV. The first of two volumes, published in this English translation from the original French in 1766.
