Memoirs Of The Marchioness Of Pompadour
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Pompadour
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THE EDITOR’S PREFACE.
THE EDITOR’S PREFACE.
T HE following work must be acknowledged highly interesting to these times; and to posterity will be still more so. These are not the memoirs of a mere woman of pleasure, who has spent her life in a voluptuous court, but the history of a reign remarkable for revolutions, wars, intrigues, alliances, negotiations; the very blunders of which are not beneath the regard of politicians, as having greatly contributed to give a new turn to the affairs of Europe. The Lady who drew the picture was known t
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M E M O I R S O F T H E Marchioness of Pompadour.
M E M O I R S O F T H E Marchioness of Pompadour.
WRITTEN BY HERSELF. Wherein are Displayed The Motives of the Wars, Treaties of Peace, Embassies, and Negotiations, in the several Courts of Europe: The Cabals and Intrigues of Courtiers; the Characters of Generals, and Ministers of State, with the Causes of their Rise and Fall; and, in general, the most remarkable Occurrences at the Court of France, during the last twenty Years of the Reign of Lewis XV. Translated from the French. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. L O N D O N: Printed for P. V a i l l a
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