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Welcome back. Take a moment, let your shoulders drop. You don't need to be anywhere but here tonight, we're going to step into a quieter moment in history.
Not a revolution, but what came after the restoration. The return of the bourbon monarchy in France after Napoleon. After years of war and what it meant for France and for the people who had lived through everything. The year is 1814. Napoleon Bonaparte is gone. Well, exiled technically first to the island of Alpa.
So the bourbon restoration ends not with a bang, but with a shift. Another attempt at balance between past and future. The bourbon restoration wasn't just about bringing back a king. It was about how to rebuild the country after revolution, what to restore and what to leave behind. Louis the 18th tried to find middle ground, but the world had moved on.
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