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With great singleness of purpose and firm tact , she managed to attract the attention of the king , and two years after their first meeting , Louis entered upon a liaison with her . Her husband , still very much in love with her ...
With great singleness of purpose and firm tact , she managed to attract the attention of the king , and two years after their first meeting , Louis entered upon a liaison with her . Her husband , still very much in love with her ...
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His highest ambition was the extremely rewarding coup of creating one of his women the official mistress of the king . For four years Jeanne Bécu lived with the Comte du Barry , going by the name of Comptesse du Barry , and did not ...
His highest ambition was the extremely rewarding coup of creating one of his women the official mistress of the king . For four years Jeanne Bécu lived with the Comte du Barry , going by the name of Comptesse du Barry , and did not ...
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One - fifth or one - sixth of that sum would content me when once appointed brigadier , because I do not serve to enrich myself , but to advance and to deserve the favor of my king and his ministers . When the minister's bluff was thus ...
One - fifth or one - sixth of that sum would content me when once appointed brigadier , because I do not serve to enrich myself , but to advance and to deserve the favor of my king and his ministers . When the minister's bluff was thus ...
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