Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Audiobook12 hours
The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon Monarchy and Made France Modern
Written by Maurice Samuels
Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power and revolution.
The year was 1832, a cholera pandemic raged, and the French royal family was in exile, driven out by yet another revolution. From a drafty Scottish castle, the duchesse de Berry-the mother of the eleven-year-old heir to the throne-hatched a plot to restore the Bourbon dynasty. For months, she commanded a guerilla army and evaded capture by disguising herself as a man. But soon she was betrayed by her trusted advisor, Simon Deutz, the son of France's Chief Rabbi. The betrayal became a cause celebre for Bourbon loyalists and ignited a firestorm of hate against France's Jews. By blaming an entire people for the actions of a single man, the duchess's supporters set the terms for the century of antisemitism that followed.
Brimming with intrigue and lush detail, The Betrayal of the Duchess is the riveting story of a high-spirited woman, the charming but volatile young man who double-crossed her, and the birth of one of the modern world's most deadly forms of hatred.
The year was 1832, a cholera pandemic raged, and the French royal family was in exile, driven out by yet another revolution. From a drafty Scottish castle, the duchesse de Berry-the mother of the eleven-year-old heir to the throne-hatched a plot to restore the Bourbon dynasty. For months, she commanded a guerilla army and evaded capture by disguising herself as a man. But soon she was betrayed by her trusted advisor, Simon Deutz, the son of France's Chief Rabbi. The betrayal became a cause celebre for Bourbon loyalists and ignited a firestorm of hate against France's Jews. By blaming an entire people for the actions of a single man, the duchess's supporters set the terms for the century of antisemitism that followed.
Brimming with intrigue and lush detail, The Betrayal of the Duchess is the riveting story of a high-spirited woman, the charming but volatile young man who double-crossed her, and the birth of one of the modern world's most deadly forms of hatred.
Related to The Betrayal of the Duchess
Related audiobooks
Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916 Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Francis I: The Maker of Modern France Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Society's Queen: The Life of Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/51939: The Last Season Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Royal Bastards: Illegitimate Children of the British Royal Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Ruin a Queen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lost Queen: The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grandmama of Europe: The Crowned Descendants of Queen Victoria Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Victoria's Daughters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Plantagenet Princesses: The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRichard III: England's Most Controversial King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scourge of Henry VIII: The Life of Marie de Guise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Families of Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Female Network of Power in the Middle Ages Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Prince Who Would Be King: The Life and Death of Henry Stuart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Edward VII: The Prince of Wales and the Women He Loved Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Joan, Lady of Wales: Power & Politics of King John's Daughter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQueen Victoria's Children Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Women's Biographies For You
The Year of Magical Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Glass Castle: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Dream House: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finding Me: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Down the Drain Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stash: My Life in Hiding Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hello, Molly!: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Class: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Own It All: How to Stop Waiting for Change and Start Creating It. Because Your Life Belongs to You. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tell Me Everything: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Uncultured: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Mother Was Nuts: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From the Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wake Up With Purpose!: What I’ve Learned in my First Hundred Years Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5EVERYTHING/NOTHING/SOMEONE: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy—and the Sister She Betrayed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Witch of Eye Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
SODDER CHILDREN DISAPPEARANCE: Vanished Without A Trace | Detective Ridiculous 0% found this document usefulDido Elizabeth Belle and Sarah Forbes Bonetta 100% found this document usefulCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland: The real story behind the Bridgerton spin off 0% found this document useful2: Frank Sinatra & The Daisy 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Wives’ Tales BritainArticle
Wives’ Tales
Nov 30, 2018
4 min readThe CORONATION Discover BritainArticle
The CORONATION
Mar 3, 2023
3 min read‘Dearest Sister’: The Relationship Between Margaret Tudor And Anne Boleyn History ScotlandArticle
‘Dearest Sister’: The Relationship Between Margaret Tudor And Anne Boleyn
Feb 11, 2023
5 min readThe Richest Girl In The World Australian Women’s Weekly NZArticle
The Richest Girl In The World
Aug 12, 2020
10 min readI Wrote to John Walker Lindh. He Wrote Back. The AtlanticArticle
I Wrote to John Walker Lindh. He Wrote Back.
May 23, 2019
5 min readPrinces In The Tower Are History’s Greatest Mystery BBC History MagazineArticle
Princes In The Tower Are History’s Greatest Mystery
Aug 6, 2020
2 min readZara Tells Meghan: leave My Mum Alone! New IdeaArticle
Zara Tells Meghan: leave My Mum Alone!
Apr 11, 2021
1 min readDazzling Duchess Finest HourArticle
Dazzling Duchess
May 5, 2020
3 min readThe Boleyns All About HistoryArticle
The Boleyns
Jul 18, 2019
11 min readOrbiting The Sun King All About HistoryArticle
Orbiting The Sun King
Nov 7, 2019
2 min readRichard Iii’s Last Stand History RevealedArticle
Richard Iii’s Last Stand
Sep 30, 2021
3 min readThe Romanticized Belle Epoque in Paris Was an Age of Political Crisis Literary HubArticle
The Romanticized Belle Epoque in Paris Was an Age of Political Crisis
Feb 18, 2020
5 min readThey Made History Country LifeArticle
They Made History
Jul 13, 2022
8 min readChanging Identities History RevealedArticle
Changing Identities
Jul 6, 2023
6 min readCommentary: A History Of The ‘Big Lie,’ From Plato To TikTok Los Angeles TimesArticle
Commentary: A History Of The ‘Big Lie,’ From Plato To TikTok
Sep 16, 2022
4 min readThe Guillotine Mystique ReasonArticle
The Guillotine Mystique
Oct 23, 2020
19 min readGoodbye To The Gilded Age BBC History MagazineArticle
Goodbye To The Gilded Age
Feb 15, 2024
2 min readTV & RADIO Who Do You Think You Are?Article
TV & RADIO
Nov 14, 2023
3 min readThe Bloody Family History of the Guillotine The Paris ReviewArticle
The Bloody Family History of the Guillotine
Apr 6, 2018
10 min readFrance’s Unspoken, Unfinished Civil War The Critic MagazineArticle
France’s Unspoken, Unfinished Civil War
Jun 30, 2022
IT IS SUMMER NOW AND FRANCE is a fairyland of sunlight. But everywhere they look, the French see only their own shadow. Where does it come from, this little flicker of gloom that follows the French even when their days are long, their evenings warm,
8 min readQ&A BBC History MagazineArticle
Q&A
Feb 17, 2022
3 min readThis Month In History History RevealedArticle
This Month In History
Jul 6, 2023
2 min readREIGN of TERROR All About HistoryArticle
REIGN of TERROR
Sep 9, 2021
The evening sun hangs high over the courtyard of the Palais de Justice as the little cart makes its way through the vast crowds. Its passengers, three dirty and haggard men, look bleakly towards the ground, ignoring the heckling of the onlookers. One
11 min readLiberty Equality Death BBC History MagazineArticle
Liberty Equality Death
Jul 8, 2021
8 min readOn the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives Literary HubArticle
On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives
May 3, 2019
5 min readFrom Worms To Woke The Critic MagazineArticle
From Worms To Woke
May 26, 2022
HAVE WE BEEN HERE BEFORE? Now, in 2022, with war abroad and woke at home, we contemplate the bitter dissolution of the hopes of the late twentieth century. Five hundred years ago, in 1521, Martin Luther’s appearance at the Diet of Worms signalled the
5 min readFrance Knows How This Ends The AtlanticArticle
France Knows How This Ends
Jan 19, 2021
7 min readViveur Pitch Guardian WeeklyArticle
Viveur Pitch
Dec 1, 2023
3 min readChateaubriand on Life in a Society Dissolving The Paris ReviewArticle
Chateaubriand on Life in a Society Dissolving
Jan 11, 2018
6 min readA Village in the Third Reich The OldieArticle
A Village in the Third Reich
May 4, 2022
Elliott & Thompson £25 Take a small English country town – Sherborne, say, or Kendal – picture-postcard cute and surrounded by beautiful landscape. Then imagine it after a defeat in war, a sixth of its men dead, chaos in the capital, hyper-inflation
3 min read
Reviews for The Betrayal of the Duchess
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews