A Female Aristocrat Memoirist’s Account of the French Court’s Struggle for Survival (1789-1792)

In 1832, Pauline de Tourzel, countess of Béarn, composed her memoirs entitled Souvenirs de 40 ans (1789-1830): Récit d’une dame de Madame la dauphine (published in 1861), a major portion of which consists of...