Petticoat Government

Petticoat Government was written by Baroness Orczy, author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, in 1910. It was released under the title Petticoat Rule in the U.S. in the same year.

A story of the French aristocracy, the book concerns Madame de Pompadour's influence over the King and France.


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