An Infinite History av Emma Rothschild

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<p><b>An innovative history of deep social and economic changes in France, told through the story of a single extended family across five generations</b><br><br>Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoul¿ in southwestern France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents: a power of attorney in connection with the property of her late husband, a carpenter on the island of Grenada, and a prenuptial contract for her daughter, signed by eighty-three people in Angoul¿. Who was Marie Aymard? Who were all these people? And why were they together on a dark afternoon in December 1764? Beginning with these questions, <i>An Infinite History</i> offers a panoramic look at an extended family over five generations. Through ninety-eight connected stories about inquisitive, sociable individuals, ending with Marie Aymard¿s great-great granddaughter in 1906, Emma Rothschild u