Follow the money and where does it lead? In the Bourbon Restoration, the financial lifeblood of France was the Paris Stock Exchange, where trading in government bonds made and lost fortunes, secured comfortable retirements, and shook the very ship of state.

I'm joined by historian Tyson Leuchter to break down the role of debt and finance in Restoration life.

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