Oliver Fairfax

The Angel Schemes in Spain Oliver Fairfax

THE ANGEL SCHEMES IN SPAIN. VOLUME FIVE OF THE BRANDT FAMILY CHRONICLES. European peace, finally won at Waterloo and settled by Castlereagh in 1815, has begun to fray. By 1868, France is near bankruptcy again. The government of Louis Napoleon III has spent fortunes beautifying and modernizing Paris. It has also built a massive network of canals and railways. The projects have bought employment, but they have not been set up as profitable businesses and debt has mounted. Taxes have been raised over and again and even the peasants are impoverished. History tells observers that the French government goes to war to refill its coffers whenever the need arises. Will they do it again?Dr. Otto Brandt, Paul