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3.4- Necker and the Necklace

Revolutions

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The Comte Rrendu - The King's Legacy

In 17 81, naker convinced the king to let him publish a complete accounting of the royal finances. The resulting comte rendu was meant to silence all critics and put to rest any whispers that all was actually not well in the king's pocket book. "The legacy of the comtrandu was not just that it swept france's financial problems under the rug, but that it became impossible to believe nakar's successors when they revealed he was catastrophically broke"

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