Excerpt from Memoirs of Madame Du Barri What wonder that Louis gave his worn-out heart and shrivelled soul to this wonderful creature, wor shipped even her impertinence, as when she called him La France, and thrilled with pride and delight because this desirable woman treated him as a desirable man rather than as an awe-inspiring king. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.