Did men underestimate Madame du Barry?


The lady gets her way...



"He [Cardinal de Rohan] thought to obtain favour in the attempt to effect a marriage between the Archduchess Elizabeth, the elder sister of Marie Antoinette, and Louis XV, an affair which was awkwardly undertaken and which Madame du Barry had no difficulty in crushing."


Exceprt form Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette. 2008. The Private Life of Marie Antoinette. Stroud, Gloucestershire: History Press.
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