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The King's Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame Du Coudray
The King's Midwife A History and Mystery of Madame Du Coudray
Author: Nina Rattner Gelbart
This unorthodox biography explores the life of an extraordinary Enlightenment woman who, by sheer force of character, parlayed a skill in midwifery into a national institution. In 1759, in an effort to end infant mortality, Louis XV commissioned Madame Anglique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray to travel throughout France teaching the ar...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520210363
ISBN-10: 0520210360
Publication Date: 5/20/1998
Pages: 347
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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