Editing L'Argent (section)

==Historical background==
Because the financial world is closely linked with politics, ''L’argent'' encompasses many historical events, including:
*The 1860 [[Druze]] massacre of [[Maronite Church|Maronite Christians]] in [[Syria]]
*France's [[Second French intervention in Mexico|invasion]] of [[Mexico]] (1861–1867)
*The construction of the [[Suez Canal]], opened in 1869
*The [[Austro-Prussian War]], including the [[Battle of Königgrätz]] at [[Sadová|Sadowa]] in 1866
*The [[Third Italian War of Independence]] (1866)
*The [[Exposition Universelle (1867)|Universal Exposition]] of 1867
*The publication of ''[[Das Kapital]]'' in 1867 and the advent of [[Marxism]]
*The 1882 collapse of the [[Union générale|Union Générale bank]]
*The [[José de Salamanca, Marquis of Salamanca|Marquis of Salamanca]], a fabulously wealthy Spanish speculator, is the inspiration behind the Prince of Oviedo. 

By the end of the novel, the stage is set for the [[Franco-Prussian War]] (1870–1871) and the fall of the Second Empire.