Sunny Side Up by Bernadette Mccarver Snyder

Sunny Side Up by Bernadette Mccarver Snyder

Marie Thirise Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princess de Lamballe, was fated to be not only an eye-witness but a victim of the Reign of Terror. She was born in Turin in 1749, was married in 1767 to Stanislaus, Prince of Lamballe and son of the Duke of Penthiivre, which brought her into the relationship of sister-in-law to the Duke of Orlians. Her husband died within a year, leaving her, as she expresses it, a bride when an infant, a widow before I was a mother or had a prospect of becoming one. A marriage was proposed between the Princess and Louis XV, but it fell through. In her retirement she gained the friendship of Marie Antoinette, who appointed her superintendent of the royal household on the accession of Louis XVI. This official connection grew into a sisterly intimacy of the most cordial kind. Their youth of brilliant promise was soon overshadowed by ominous troubles. The lighter temperament of the Queen was happily balanced by the philosophic gravity of the Princess, who foresaw the bitter fruits of the conditions in which her royal mistress had been reared and would not radically change. This journal-record of experiences and reflections is as pathetic a tale as has ever been told.

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ISBN 13	9780764806667
ISBN 10	0764806661
Title	Sunny Side Up
Author	Bernadette Mccarver Snyder
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Liguori Publications,U.S.
Year published	2000-10-01
Number of pages	116
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