Chapter One: Lucie
Madame de la Tour du Pin decides to write her memoirs. She speaks about her girlhood, living in her great-uncle's house, and tells us about life as it used to be under the Ancien Regime. (2024, 04:37)
Chapter Two: Growing Up
Lucie talks about her mother's death and how it came about that she sought her grandmother's protection. (2024, 04:30)
Chapter Three: Journey to Montpellier
Lucie remembers the fatigue, the inn, and the occasional amusing moment of those journeys to Montpellier. (2024, 04:48)
Madame de la Tour du Pin (1770-1853)
Lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette
The Napoleonic Wars and the Second Empire
Lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette
She talks about the way things were during the Ancien Regime, when Louis XVI was king—her courtship, marriage, and growing up in her great-uncle's house, raised by her grandmother.
The French Revolution
The Napoleonic Wars and the Second Empire
Lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette
She survived the Reign of Terror by going into hiding and eventually fleeing to New Hampshire for a few years, but her father was executed during the Reign of Terror.
The Napoleonic Wars and the Second Empire
The Napoleonic Wars and the Second Empire
The Napoleonic Wars and the Second Empire
She returned eventually with her family and lived in France again, but she tragically lost her son to a duel.