Just a moment, Mr. Executioner...
In this issue of "Secrets d'Histoire", Stéphane Bern takes us to meet the famous Madame du Barry, one of the most extraordinary destinies of the 18th century: Natural daughter of a seamstress and a bawdy monk, she was only 25 years old when she ended up in the bed of King Louis XV... Worthy of the "Dangerous Liaisons", this gallant adventure scaffolded by her lover and pimp Jean Dubarry, was supposed to be just a fling... But against all odds, the ravishing young girl, expert in the games of love, gives back the taste of life to this depressive monarch of sixty years who feels for her a real love at first sight...
