Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 7 / Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe

The memoir presents first-hand recollections of life at the late eighteenth-century French court, focusing on the royal family's isolation, the emigration of nobles, and the personal loyalty of the Princesse de Lamballe and a few devoted attendants. It documents efforts to persuade émigrés to return, the Queen's appeals, the Princess's refusal to abandon her sovereigns, her missions to secure support abroad, and the disappointment with foreign reluctance. Through anecdote and observation the narrator traces how aristocratic flight, political indecision, and shrinking royal protection contributed to the monarchy's collapse and depicts the steadfastness of a small circle of retainers.