Intimate diary Chevalier de Corberon, French diplomat at the court of Catherine II
Reprint edition. St. Petersburg, 1907
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Marie Daniel Bourree and later Baron de Corberon was a son of the president of the Paris Parliament. Having served several years in the Guard of King Louis XV he passed to a diplomatic career. The diary represents a true photograph of the intimate life of the court of Empress Catherine II in 1775-1780. Day after day, with few interruptions, the author wrote down all the facts, intrigues, gossips and rumors.
