Download or read book The Infamous Sophie Dawes written by Adrian Searle and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was the daughter of an alcoholic Isle of Wight smuggler. Much of her childhood was spent in the island’s workhouse. Yet Sophie Dawes threw off the shackles of her downbeat formative years to become one of the most talked-about personalities in post-revolutionary France. It was the ultimate rags to riches story which would see her become the mistress of the fabulously wealthy French aristocrat Louis Henri de Bourbon, destined to be the last Prince of Condé. Her total subjugation of the ageing prince, her obsessive desire for a position among the highest echelon of French royalist society following the Bourbon restoration, and her designs upon a hefty chunk of Louis Henri’s vast fortune would lead to scandal, sensation and then infamy. The Infamous Sophie Dawes takes an in-depth look at her island background before tracing her extraordinary rise from obscurity to becoming a baroness who ruled the prince’s château at Chantilly as its unofficial queen and intrigued with the King of the French to get what she wanted. But how far did she go? The book examines the mysterious death of Louis Henri in 1830 and uses newly discovered evidence in a bid to determine the part Sophie may have played in his demise.
Download or read book The Infamous Sophie Dawes written by Adrian Searle and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the British woman who left behind life in a brothel to become a baroness in a French chateau, and perhaps a killer. She was the daughter of an alcoholic Isle of Wight smuggler. Much of her childhood was spent in the island’s workhouse. Yet Sophie Dawes threw off the shackles of her downbeat formative years to become one of the most talked-about personalities in post-revolutionary France. It was the ultimate rags to riches story that would see her become the mistress of the fabulously wealthy French aristocrat Louis Henri de Bourbon, destined to be the last Prince of Condé. Her total subjugation of the aging prince, her obsessive desire for a position among the highest echelon of French royalist society following the Bourbon restoration, and her designs upon a hefty chunk of Louis Henri’s vast fortune would lead to scandal, sensation, and then infamy. The Infamous Sophie Dawes examines her island background before tracing her extraordinary rise from obscurity to becoming a baroness who ruled the prince’s château at Chantilly as its unofficial queen and intrigued with the King of the French to get what she wanted. But how far did she go? The book examines the mysterious death of Louis Henri in 1830 and uses newly discovered evidence in a bid to determine the part Sophie may have played in his demise. “Mouthwatering scandal, dangerous affairs, this story has the lot!” —Books Monthly
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Download or read book Sophie Dawes Queen of Chantilly written by Violette M Montagu and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Sophie Dawes written by Violette Montagu and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sophie Dawes: Queen of Chantilly While making some researches in connection with the history of the d'Orleans family at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, I found mention of a certain Englishwoman, Sophie Dawes by name, whose conduct as the mistress of Louis Henri Joseph, due de Bourbon, the last of the Condes and the father of the poor young due d'Enghien, had been made the subject of much discussion in France during the years 1820-33. On inquiry, I discovered that whereas very few of my English friends had ever even heard of such a person, Sophie Dawes, Mme. de Feucheres, and Queen of Chantilly, was a familiar name to every French student of that rather uninteresting period - uninteresting to foreigners, at least - of the history of France. Our chief interest in the good deeds, misdeeds and the sins of omission of Louis XVIII, Charles X and Louis - Philippe lies in the fact that these monarchs lived so near our time. 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."
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Download or read book Sophie Dawes Queen of Chantilly written by Violette M Montagu and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III Sophie marries her niece to the marquis de Chabannes--Correspondence between the Palais-Royal and the Palais-Bourbon. DURING her visits to the Palais-Royal, Mme. Sophie, always on the watch to catch influential men in her toils, had made the acquaintance of Talleyrand, prince of turncoats. We have already mentioned the fact that Sophie had a niece, or someone whom she called her niece (some historians say she was Sophie's unacknowledged daughter); having placed her nephew on the road to success, she was very anxious to find a suitable husband for this niece who rejoiced in the name of Matilda Dawes. Now Talleyrand had a nephew, the marquis de Chabannes de La Palice, who seems to have rivalled the baron de Feucheres in his lack of observation. Talleyrand soon became on very good terms with Mme. Sophie, and between them they decided to make a match between the young marquis and Miss Matilda Dawes. M. de Talleyrand had not always taken such an interest in his nephew's welfare. The Talleyrand's Poor Relations name of de Chabannes de La Palice is an old and an honoured one in France, however Frederic de Chabannes, the young man's father, seems to have been rather a ne'er-do-weel with a large family and a small purse owing to his expensive tastes. For many years Talleyrand, the successful man of the world, refused to have anything to do with these poor relations, but when M. de Choulot, the duc de Bourbon's capitaine des chasses, married Mile. Elisabeth de Chabannes, M. de Talleyrand suddenly remembered that he had heard the name somewhere or other, nay, he was even related to the family and would be glad to become better acquainted with his relatives. Mme. de Choulot's brother naturally came to visit her at Chantilly and in Paris...
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