Three first-hand accounts of the French court in one volume. Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henri of Navarre, writes of her youth and the Massacre of St. Bartholomew; Madame du Hausset, Madame de Pompadour’s maid, records the private life of Louis XV’s mistress; and Brantôme sketches Catherine de Medici, the formidable queen mother.
Rich, gossipy sources for anyone fascinated by the Valois and Bourbon courts. Download the free EPUB.