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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Complete / Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen — Mme. Campan

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Complete / Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen

Mme. Campan

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 398 pages

This historical memoir by Madame Campan, first lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette, is a personal eyewitness account. It follows life at the French court and the events leading to the Revolution, with a close portrait of the Queen and court customs. Worth listening for an inside view of a turbulent period in European history.

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MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF
MARIE ANTOINETTE,
QUEEN OF FRANCE
Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan,
First Lady in Waiting to the Queen.
titlepage.jpg (58K)

CONTENTS
Book I.
Book II.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Duchesse du Barry
Princesse de Lamballe
The Parisian Bonne
Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette
Beaumarchais
The Reveille
Madame Adelaide as Diana
The Bastille
Opening of The States General
Louis XVI.
Marie Antoinette on the way to the Guillotine
Madame Campan

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Contents

  1. MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE
  2. HISTORIC COURT MEMOIRS.
  3. MARIE ANTOINETTE.
  4. MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE
  5. MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE
  6. BOOK 2.

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