The King's Midwife

The King's Midwife
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9780520221574
ISBN-13 : 0520221575
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Book Synopsis The King's Midwife by : Nina Rattner Gelbart

Download or read book The King's Midwife written by Nina Rattner Gelbart and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray who, in 1759, was commissioned by Louis XV "to travel throughout France teaching the art of childbirth to illiterate peasant women."--Jacket.


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