THE MARQUIS D'ARGENSON

CONTENTS.

THE MARQUIS D'ARGENSON.

I. 1630-1721. D'Argenson's Ancestry.

II. 1694-1724. Youth and early manhood—Intendant of Maubeuge.

III. 1724-1744. The Entresol—Political struggles—Relations with Cardinal Fleury—D'Argenson and Voltaire.

IV. NOVEMBER, 1744—JANUARY, 1747. Foreign Politics—D'Argenson's Ministry—1745: The Convention of Augsburg—The Convention of Hanover—The Imperial Election—The Treaty of Dresden—1746: The Negotiation of Turin—The Saxon Marriage—Review.

V. 1747-1757. A momentous decade—The Journal—Private life.

VI. 1737-1755. The "Considérations"—The Plan of 1737—The Plan of 1755.

APPENDICES.

APPENDICES.

D. INDEX TO THE GREAT PUBLIC QUESTIONS NOTICED IN THE LAST FIVE VOLUMES OF D'ARGENSON'S JOURNAL. The volumes V.—IX. embrace the period 1746-56.

NOTES.

NOTES.

INDEX.

INDEX.