Secret memoirs of Princess Lamballe (photocopy of the 'Introduction')

Reference Number
PP/2550
Level of Description
Item
Title
Secret memoirs of Princess Lamballe (photocopy of the 'Introduction')
Extent
Pages: 6
Description
Photocopy of the 'Introduction' by Oliver H. G. Leigh of a printed edition of the Secret Memoirs of Princess Lamballe or Princess Marie-Louise Therese of Savoy-Carignan who was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Savoy. She married Louis Alexandre de Bourbon-Penthievre, Prince de Lamballe who died after a year of marriage, thereby leaving her a very wealthy widow. Marie-Therese developed a very close relationship with Queen Marie Antoinette who persuaded her to visit England in 1791? to appeal for help for the royal family and to remove her from the increasingly dangerous political situation in Paris. Amongst other places, she stayed at Bath and a footnote mentioning this can be found on p. 239.
Subject
Aristocracy
French Revolution (1789-1799)
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