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The livre rouge, or Red book, being a list of secret pensions, paid out of the public treasure of France, and containing characters of the persons pensioned, anecdotes of their lives, an account of their services and observations tending to shew the reasons for which the pensions were granted

1790 Subjects: Finance Forms: Legislative materials Translation Status: Integral English London URL

Authors of source text

Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Louis La Reynie de la Bruyère

Contributions

Anonymous (138)
translator
George Kearsley
publisher

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Le livre rouge, ou Liste des pensions secretes sur le trésor public, contenant les noms, les qualités des pensionnaires, l'état de leurs services, et des observations sur les motifs qui leur ont mérité leur traitement has translation
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The livre rouge, or Red book, being a list of secret pensions, paid out of the public treasure of France, and containing characters of the persons pensioned, anecdotes of their lives, an account of their services and observations tending to shew the reasons for which the pensions were granted paratext

Notes

Source text is a report ordered by the National Constituent Assembly on the use of public means by the king. The amounts mentioned in it caused widespread indignation. The editor is not radical but the translated comments are very sarcastic and scornful of the king and the nobility.