“Memoirs of Madame du Barri” by Baron de Etienne-Léon Lamothe-Langon – Ch. 5
Commonplace Book – Page 116
“Memoirs of Madame du Barri” – Chapter 5: Scandal and Intrigue
- Zamor: Presented by Duc de Richelieu; “young African boy”; “full of intelligence and mischief”; “simple in his nature, but wild”; he becomes her little page; given the title Governor of the Pavillon de Luciennes; “responsible for bringing her to the scaffold”
- Prince Charles Auguste Christian: very amiable and offers heaven in his dominion should her position become delicate; his brother is Prince Maximilian Joseph and Antoinette does not trust him, but Louis XV convinces the Dauphine to allow him to attend her parties
- First mentioning of the Secret du Roi. “The Comte de Broglie was a man of great character, who had been exiled at the instance of Choiseul, but was now returned and in charge of the secret police.”
- Louis XV decides to exert more control of the parliament. “I shall present myself in my own person at the palace, and, I flatter myself, I shall bring the parliament to a proper sense of its duty.”
