my 'd' biography: sophie dawes - a floozy in the court of louis XVIII

i think i will enjoy this book (published in 1935).

"The history of an old fool of noble blood and a young slut from the gutter lacks any romantic appeal. On neither side was there any but ignoble passions, on that of the lover's half senile lust, on that of the mistress's vulgar greed for vulgar gains. Both of them were mediocre in everything...Her behavior towards her husband was that of the street urchin which she was; in this relationship as in all others her conduct was that of the woman of the streets - lying, violent, stupid...The worthlessness of Sophie Dawes and the squalor of her tale is duly recognized by the author who can hardly account for the fascination with which it has beguiled her and which she has tried to share with some possible reader." - from the foreward to "The Scandal of Sophie Dawes," by Marjorie Bowen