After the War of the Austrian Succession, Louis XV became the "unloved one". The King of France took refuge in the arms of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, known as the Marquise de Pompadour. An aesthete, she made France and its king shine ...See moreAfter the War of the Austrian Succession, Louis XV became the "unloved one". The King of France took refuge in the arms of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, known as the Marquise de Pompadour. An aesthete, she made France and its king shine through the arts. She defended the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment, and then entered the "king's secret". For Louis XV has set up a network of spies in charge of conducting a parallel diplomacy for him: a tool that will prove to be decisive in the immense conflict that is about to take place.
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