aiguillou

Updated: May 1, 2025

Chancellor Maupeou, the Duke of Aiguillou, and the new comptroller- general, Abbe Terray, a man of capacity, invention, and no scruple at all, at last succeeded in triumphing over the force of habit, the only thing that had any real effect upon the king's listless mind.

M. (François) Guizot - A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6