Excerpt from Madame De Pompadour: From the Note-Book of Marechale D As to the boldness of aim which made of her one of the most daring artisans of the overthrow of French alliances, it is, in his opinion, a detail that may be passed in silence. Was there, however, no lack of courage in breaking with the ancient tra dition which made of France the enemy of the house of Austria and in raising against herself all the politicians for whom this opposition was a dogma? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.