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Pamphlet Plot Unfolds in Versailles Court Intrigue
In a Versailles suite the Count Maurepas and Premier collide over a royal pamphlet exposing Joseph II. Griffet the secret police chief, a printer Coleche, and Cecile Giraud become entangled as bribes, love, and a missing manuscript threaten to topple ministers. The crisis pivots on a concealed sheet of paper and a staged confession.
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Chateau
Versailles
President du Coneseil Des Minstres
Fredric Philipeaux
Count Maurepas
France
Louis XVI
Beaumarchiais
Rivarol
Count de Maurepas
Council
Madame de Pompadour
Joseph Il
Duke of
Bringhen
Monsieur le Duc
Joseph TL
Secret Police
Monsier Griffet
Joseph II
Monsieur le Due
Royal Printing Office
Muet
Griffer
Griffet
Lous XV
Monseigheur
Aubergesse
Tam
Monseigneur
Royal Printing-Office
Monsieur Coleche
Madame Giraud
Cecile
Coleche
Ceciles
Madame Giraund
Proet
Paris
Madame
Bastile
Petite Trianon
Ani
Poon
Gritlet
Tree
Monsieur le Comte
Monsier la Duc
Bastille
Volataire
Brutus
Belgium
Coleche Waa
Sho
Monsier le Comte
Austria
Madame Traud
Ecomes
Monsier Griffen
Coleehe
Madame Giraudrup
Turenne
Riebben
Julius Cesar
Cecila
Monsieur Maurepas
Colache
Spielburg
Vincennes
Louis XV
Morbieu
Cecile; But Now’—Endeavoing