The King's Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame Du Coudray Paperback - 1999
by Nina Rattner Gelbart
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A clerk inscribes in the register of the Chatelet police court today that Marguerite Le Boursier, mature maiden, is officially received "mistress matron midwife of the city and fauxbourgs of Paris."
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"Nina Gelbart has achieved something very rare: a penetrating original work of social history that reads like a novel. With marvelous mastery of France's archival records, Gelbart brings to life the eighteenth century's most famous midwife, Madame de Coudray. The vivid details of early modern childbirth are presented in a moving and unforgettable style. And better yet, Gelbart carefully and imaginatively weaves together the story of Coudray within the often colorful aristocratic society that governed France on the eve of its greatest revolution. History just doesn't get much better than this."--Gary Kates, author of Monsieur D'Eon Is a Woman
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- Title The King's Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame Du Coudray
- Author Nina Rattner Gelbart
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 358
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
- Date 1999-11-10
- ISBN 9780520221574 / 0520221575
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: French
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97008421
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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