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Memoirs of Marie Antoinette
1910. With a special introduction and illustrations. Madame Campan entered the service of Marie Antoinette, as first lady of the bedchamber and retained that position till 20 June, 1792. When the unfortunate queen was sent to prison, Mme. Campan courageously asked to be allowed to share her sad lot. Her request was denied, and she retired to Coubertin, a small village in t...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
October 28th 2006
by Book Jungle
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Madame Campan's eyewitness account of life in the service of Marie Antoinette makes fascinating reading. She is not entirely uncritical of her royal mistress, but mainly sympathetic towards her, and it is easy to see through her writings that in many respects marie Antoinette was maligned - she was not nearly as extravagent as she has often been accused of being for instance. Madame Campan wrote this memoir in the reign of Napoleon, so she had nothing particular to gain by portraying Marie Ant...more
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Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan, born Henriette Genet (2 October 1752, Paris - 16 March 1822, Mantes) was a French educator and lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette before and during the French Revolution.
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