Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & SocietySupersluts of History: Royal Mistress Madam du Barry

Dragged to Guillotine Screaming

35:53–36:12 · 19s

Du Barry’s execution was anything but noble; Christine recounts how she was hauled up the scaffold begging for mercy, stunning onlookers.

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