What are the implications of using memoirs for the reconstruction of court politics?

A memoir is a historical account of what happened from a personal account. Memoirs can be
used as first-hand accounts to help reconstruct court politics and learn about political
situations in medieval, renaissance and early-modern times, although they can easily be
misinterpreted to create the wrong impression of court politics. One of the biggest problems
with memoirs is that only a limited number are available, meaning that the possibility of a
diverse range of views is unavailable and ultimately leads to a heavily biased point of view
on court politics. One such way memoirs are useful to be learnt from is that we can see how
someone would rise or fall through court. The Second Duke of Saint Simons’ memoirs are a
clear example, showing the conspiring of Madame de Maintenon and other co-conspirators
against Chamillart1

1 L. Rouvoy, The memoirs of the duke of Saint-Simon on the reign of Louis XIV and the regency, ch XI pp. 2