An ancient feudal regime is rotting away French power and prestige. France’s creditors demand change – and boy, oh boy, are they about to get some change. Revolutions, executions, conspiracies, wars, and coups abound. Europe will be quite rocked.
And as the sleaziest, scummiest socialite in France, surely you can make use of some of that chaos, right?
You are Foreign Minister Talleyrand, and you ride atop a wave of 40 years of French history, scooping up all the cash, lovers, power, and personal victories you can along the way.
Leave your legacy as the most cunning, cutthroat, charismatic cat on the continent, or die trying.