The book of the ladies by Pierre de Bourdeille Brantôme brings a very interesting testimony as a book of good manners, and also shows the author's lightness of storytelling during 18th century in France.

Reproduction of the original: The Book of the Illustrious Dames by Pierre de Bourdeille, Abbé De Brantome

Excerpt from The Book of the Ladies: Illustrious Dames About twelve years ago this translation of the personal recollections and records of the Abbe de Brantome, who has been called the Valet de Chambre of history, by Katharine Prescott Wormsley, was issued in a most elaborate and ex pensive style. The cost of translation and reproduction was considerable and the work was sold at a correspondingly high price, which practically placed it beyond the reach of the ordinary reader. 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.