Marie Thérése Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princess de Lamballe, was fated to be not only an eye-witness but a victim of the Reign of Terror. She was born in Turin in 1749, was married in 1767 to Stanislaus, Prince of Lamballe and son of the Duke of Penthiévre, which brought her into the relationship of sister-in-law to the Duke of Orléans. Her husband died within a year, leaving her, as she expresses it, "a bride when an infant, a widow before I was a mother or had a prospect of becoming one." A marriage was proposed between the Princess and Louis XV, but it fell through. In her retirement she gained the friendship of Marie Antoinette, who appointed her superintendent of the royal household on the accession of Louis XVI. This official connection grew into a sisterly intimacy of the most cordial kind. Their youth of brilliant promise was soon overshadowed by ominous troubles. The lighter temperament of the Queen was happily balanced by the philosophic gravity of the Princess, who foresaw the bitter fruits of the conditions in which her royal mistress had been reared and would not radically change. This journal-record of experiences and reflections is as pathetic a tale as has ever been told.
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
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A memoir without parallel!,
By Jefferson D. "Jeff" (Charlottesville, VA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Secret Memoirs of Princess Lamballe: Her Confidential Relations With Marie Antoinette (Paperback)
Lovely, thoughtful, tormented Princesse de Lamballe, close friend of Queen Marie-Antoinette, tells her story in her own words, as edited by her adopted daughter Catherine Hyde. As a student of the French revolution, I found this first hand account of the fall of the French monarchy to be indispensable. I came to am understanding of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette that I never had before. I highly recommend this report for those doing serious research or just looking for a good book to read.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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It's from a woman who was there....,
This review is from: Secret Memoirs of Princess Lamballe: Her Confidential Relations With Marie Antoinette (Paperback)
How can anyone (except experts who can prove it's not true) place a value on a book written by a person who was actually there with Marie Antoinette and lived to tell the tale? Anyone with any interest in the beheaded queen will want to read this book.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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It is a forgery,
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This review is from: Secret Memoirs of Princess Lamballe: Her Confidential Relations With Marie Antoinette (Paperback)
These memoirs are a forgery. See "English Historians on the French Revolution", by Hedva Ben-Israel, page 64/65. The author is an "adventuress and a liar" it is "worthless a fiction".
(In that time many fake memoirs were published, this is one of them)
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