Häftad, Engelska, 2010
Dancing to the Precipice
Lucie de la Tour du Pin and the French Revolution
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Beskrivning
Lucie de la Tour du Pin was the Pepys of her generation. She witnessed, participated in, and wrote diaries detailing one of the most tumultuous periods of history. From life in the Court of Versailles, through the French Revolution to Napoleon's rule, Lucie survived extraordinary times with great spirit. She recorded people, politics and intrigue, alongside the intriguing minutia of everyday life: food, work, illness, children, manners and clothes. Caroline Moorehead's richly novelistic biography sets Lucy and her dairies in their wider context, illuminating a remarkable period of history.Dancing to the Precipice was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2009.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2010-03-04
- Mått: 135 x 216 x 38 mm
- Vikt: 541 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 528
- Förlag: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099490524
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Caroline Moorehead is the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Freya Stark, Iris Origo and Martha Gellhorn. Well known for her work in human rights, she has published a history of the Red Cross and a book about refugees, Human Cargo and most recently, A Train in Winter. Caroline lives in London.
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Utterly captivating... brings to life both Lucie and the glorious and terrible years through which she lived with a novelistic vividness, full of sights and sounds and flavours
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