The Last Libertines

As new hardcover. From the dust jacket, the story of a group of "seven aristocrats whose youth coincided with the French monarchy's final moment of grace-a moment when it seemed to the nation's elite that a style of life based on privilege and the spirit of caste might acknowledge the widespread demand for change, and in doing so reconcile itself with Enlightenment ideals of justice, tolerance, and citizenship." 588 pages.