The King's Midwife
Subtitle: A History and Mystery of Madame du Coudray
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780520221574
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Midwifery; c 1700 to c 1800; Women; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: World; Europe; Historical - General; Medical - General; History / General; General
First sentence: A clerk inscribes in the register of the Chatelet police court today that Marguerite Le Boursier, mature maiden, is officially received "mistress matron midwife of the city and fauxbourgs of Paris."