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3.4- Necker and the Necklace

Revolutions

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A History of the East India Company

Nakar necare was widely viewd as a financial genius who had the answer to all of france's problems. He founded his own bank and made even more money lending to the royal treasury and speculating in the grain trade. But when said wealthy widow brought around a pretty swiss girl named suzanne kurche, nakar fell in love with her - he later married her. With the assistance and or prodding of his wife, nikar started aiming for government office. In the late 17 sixties, he was appointed director of the east india company,. which, like its british counterpart, was a privately chartered corporation that held a legal monopoly

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