Marie Antoinette's Confidante
Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781473853331
Subjects: Marie antoinette, queen, consort of louis xvi, king of france, 1755-1793; France, history; France, court and courtiers
Description: Marie Antoinette has always fascinated readers worldwide. Yet perhaps no one knew her better than one of her closest confidantes, Marie Therese, the Princess de Lamballe. The Princess became superintendent of the Queen's household in 1774, and through her relationship with Marie Antoinette, a unique perspective of the lavishness and daily intrigue at Versailles is exposed. Born into the famous House of Savoy in Turin, Italy, Marie Therese was married at the age of seventeen to the Prince de Lamballe; heir to one of the richest fortunes in France. He transported her to the gold-leafed and glittering chandeliered halls of the Chateau de Versailles, where she soon found herself immersed in the political and sexual scandals that surrounded the royal court. As the plotters and planners of Versailles sought, at all costs, to gain the favour of Louis XVI and his Queen, the Princess de Lamballe was there to witness it all.