#theresa cabarrus

[rosepompadour]

ladies from history: theresa cabarrus, princess/salon keeper (1773 - 1835) likes: bathing in crushed strawberries and perfumed milk, pink and violet wigs MADE FROM THE HAIR OF GUILLOTINE VICTIMS, going commando at the paris opera, ruby headbands and diamond anklets, attending masquerade balls while dressed in leopard skin, offending napoleon. dislikes: cowards. when she was imprisoned during the revolution, she sent a dagger and a letter to her lover, jean-lambert tallien. the message taunted him for not having the bravery to rescue her: "i die in despair at having belonged to a coward like you." GUESS WHO WAS SAVED FROM THE GUILLOTINE AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND? theresa!

#theresa cabarrus #history #* #where is the full-length english biography dammit #she deserves her own book #i first discovered her in a josephine biography and she stole the entire show #guillotine wigs!