Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 4

Name: Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 4
Author: Mme. Du Hausset

by Mme. Du Hausset, princesse de Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan Lamballe

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Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 4 Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe

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Project Gutenberg

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2004-12-03

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Public domain in the USA.

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France -- Court and courtiers Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764 Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793

About the authors

Mme. Du Hausset

1713–1801

A close observer of life at the court of Louis XV, she is remembered for memoirs that offer a lively, intimate glimpse of Madame de Pompadour’s world. Writing under the name Madame du Hausset, she became linked with one of the most enduring first-hand portraits of 18th-century Versailles.

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princesse de Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan Lamballe

1749–1792

A close friend of Marie Antoinette, she moved from courtly luxury to the terror of the French Revolution, and her life ended in one of its most shocking episodes. Her story blends intimacy, politics, loyalty, and tragedy in a way that still grips readers today.

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