La société bordelaise sous Louis XV et le salon de Mme Duplessy

In the eighteenth‑century world of Louis XV, Bordeaux emerges as a lively counterpoint to the glitter of Paris. The author paints a picture of bustling streets, cafés, and learned societies where merchants, lawyers, and poets mingle, revealing a city whose taste for elegance and debate rivals the capital’s. By grounding the narrative in everyday encounters, the book shows how provincial life cultivated its own brand of wit, fashion, and intellectual ambition.

The heart of the study is the salon of Madame Duplessy, a gathering place that brought together the era’s most spirited minds. Through vivid portraits of its host and the lively conversations that filled her drawing‑room, readers glimpse the exchange of ideas that shaped literature, politics, and science in the region. The work invites listeners to travel back to a time when Bordeaux’s cafés and salons were crucibles of creativity, offering a fresh perspective on French cultural history.