.... This chapter discusses the arrest and imprisonment of Jean-Nicolas Galles in February 1760 in the Bastille in Paris. It also describes the strong conjugal love between Jean-Nicolas and his wife, Jacquette Bertin, and how kinship enabled the Galles family to gain a monopoly of the book trade in Vannes. Finally...

...This chapter examines the revolutions of the Galles family—that is, their ups and downs. With the death of Jean-Nicolas, coupled with the distance of Jean-Marie and the apparent ennui/poor health of Nicolas, the task of managing the family’s publishing business was assumed by Jacquette Bertin...