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Author Name: Loomis, Stanley
Title: Du Barry : A Biography
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Philadelphia Lippincott 1959
Seller ID: 404-4354
In Very Good+ condition. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt and black. Octavo. 320pps., plus 8 pages of illustrations. Stated First Edition. No dustjacket. There is a lean to the spine and mild rubbing wear to the spine-heel. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. No previous ownership markings.
"...In that long and curious procession of women known as 'the left-hand Queens of France,' Jeanne, Comtesse du Barry, came last. The French Revolution, which destroyed so many ancient continuities, destroyed too the flamboyant tradition of the maitresse en titre, the Royal Mistress. Because she died on the guillotine Madame du Barry might be seen as expiating the crimes and follies of her predecessors. The fact that the 'Scarlet Lady' who was dragged to the scaffold was, in truth, an amiable, middle-aged woman, many years retired from the 'glorious dishonor' which made her name a scandal is either ignored or not known. Even today the woman behind the name du Barry and the story of her life remain obscured by lurid legend..." -- from Chapter 1.
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STANLEY LOOMIS JEANNE COMTESSE DU BARRY A BIOGRAPHY NONFICTION FRANCE FRENCH REVOLUTION HISTORY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ROYAL MISTRESSES 1700S EUROPE
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