The Porcelain Dove, or, Constancy's Reward

Berthe Duvet, chambermaid to a French duchess, narrates this tale of eighteenth-century Paris, describing the dazzling world of Marie Antoinette, Beaumarchais, and the Marquis de Sade, already living in the shadow of the guillotine. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. BOMC.