To: Aussie Dasher
Balzac lived in a time and place where wealth was frequently gotten by acts of conquest or by royal decree. There weren't many people working themselves to wealth in France in 1820.
Besides, he was French.
L
6 posted on
05/31/2006 12:49:57 AM PDT by
Lurker
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To: Lurker
7 posted on
05/31/2006 1:01:31 AM PDT by
Aussie Dasher
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To: Lurker
There weren't many people working themselves to wealth in France in 1820. Once they drove out the Huguenots, it was all down hill.
28 posted on
05/31/2006 4:07:11 AM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
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