Madame DuBarry
Royal Favorites
Paramours
Historical - General
France, biography
Mistresses
Relations with women
History - General History
Kings and rulers
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
English
Biography
The life of Jeanne, Comtesse du Barry (1743-1793), incomparably beautiful grisette and courtesan, official mistress of an elderly and besotted king of France, can be regarded as a story of glamour, luxury, ardor, and loyalty, culminating in high tragedy, or as a cautionary tale of greed, arrogance, …
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