Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette: Queen of FranceMemoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette is an inside look into the life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, written by her First Lady in Waiting Madame Campan. Born in 1755 and married to Louis XVI of France at the age of 14, Antoinette was renowned for her fabled excesses. She was condemned for treason in 1793 at the zenith of the French Revolution, forfeiting her life to the razor-edge of a guillotine. |
Contents
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| 62 | |
Chapter II | 81 |
Chapter III | 94 |
Chapter IV | 115 |
Chapter V | 125 |
Chapter VI | 151 |
Chapter VII | 174 |
Note | 338 |
BOOK 2 | 341 |
Chapter I | 342 |
Chapter II | 358 |
Chapter III | 388 |
Chapter IV | 402 |
Chapter V | 418 |
Chapter VI | 450 |
Chapter VIII | 188 |
Chapter IX | 207 |
Chapter X | 234 |
Chapter XI | 259 |
Chapter XII | 282 |
Chapter XIII | 296 |
Chapter XIV | 321 |
Chapter VII | 478 |
Chapter VIII | 501 |
Chapter IX | 531 |
Supplement to Chapter IX | 541 |
Note | 637 |
Endnotes | 640 |
Common terms and phrases
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