Showing Madame du Barry: The Wages of Beauty by Joan Haslip
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Madame Du Barry Jeanne du Barry, courtesan and Louis XV's official mistress was the last of the French royal favourites. In this biography, Haslip portrays du Barry as an ordinary woman thrust into extraordinary circumstances in the royal court of 18th century France, victim of her own beauty. Full description