Full name: Madame du Barry: The Wages of Beauty

Author: Joan Haslip Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781850437536 185043753X

Born the illegitimate daughter of a monk and a seamstress, Madame du Barry rose from poverty to become one of the most powerful and wealthy women of France. A courtesan, she became Louis XV's official mistress and was fêted as one of France's most beautiful women. On Louis XV's death she became vulnerable to those secretly longing for her downfall. Marie Antoinette had her imprisoned for a year, and in 1793 she was executed by the Revolutionary Tribunal for her aristocratic associations. Joan Haslip's classic biography shares the extraordinary and ultimately tragic story of du Barry's life and, in turn, illustrates the dazzling world of the eighteenth century royal court of France and the horrors of the Revolution. Similar books: Madame de Pompadour by Evelyne Lever Madame de Pompadour by Christine Pevitt Algrant Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford The Rose of Martinique by Andrea Stuart Josephine by Carolly Erickson Marie Antoinette by Evelyne Lever Perdita by Paula Byrne Marie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig Ambition and Desire by Kate Williams Athenais by Lisa Hilton Napoleon Bonaparte by Alan Schom Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser The Black Count by Tom Reiss Napoleon by Andrew Roberts Mistress of the Elgin Marbles by Susan Nagel The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Mobituaries by Mo Rocca