La Cour Et La Ville De Madrid Vers La Fin Du Xvi Ie Siècle: Édition Nouvelle, Revue Et Annotée Par Mme B. Carey. Partie 2. Mémoires De La Cour D'espagne

by Madame d'Aulnoy

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1876 edition by E. Plon et Cie, Paris.

470 pages, Paperback

Published July 10, 2002

About the author

Madame d'Aulnoy (Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy) (1650/1651–4 January 1705) was a French writer known for her fairy tales. When she termed her works contes de fées (fairy tales, or literally, "Tales of the Fairies."), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre. Her 'fairy tales' were written in a style suitable for entertaining in adult salon gatherings, and not with a child audience in mind.

d'Aulnoy also wrote works of history (although not using modern attitudes to historical accuracy), pseudo-memoirs, and a few historical novels.

Born a member of the noble Le Jumel de Barneville family, she was known as the baronne d'Aulnoy by marriage.