The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette
The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette
by Madame Campan
Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan,
First Lady in Waiting to the Queen
BOOK 1.
PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR.
Louis XVI. possessed an immense crowd of confidants, advisers, and guides; he selected them even from among the factions which attacked him. Never, perhaps, did he make a full disclosure to any one of them, and certainly he spoke with sincerity, to but very few. He invariably kept the reins of all ...