Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour Du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era

Moorehead, Caroline

ISBN 10: 0061684422 / ISBN 13: 9780061684425

Editore: Harper Perennial, 2010

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Riassunto:

Her canvases were the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette; the Great Terror; America at the time of Washington and Jefferson; Paris under the Directoire and then under Napoleon; Regency London; the battle of Waterloo; and, for the last years of her life, the Italian ducal courts. She witnessed firsthand the demise of the French monarchy, the wave of the Revolution and the Reign of Terror, and the precipitous rise and fall of Napoleon. Lucie Dillon—a daughter of French and British nobility known in France by her married name, Lucie de la Tour du Pin—was the chronicler of her age.

In this compelling biography, Caroline Moorehead illuminates the extraordinary life and remarkable achievements of this strong, witty, elegant, opinionated, and dynamic woman who survived personal tragedy and the devastation wrought by momentous historic events.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Caroline Moorehead is the New York Times bestselling author of the Resistance Quartet, which includes A Bold and Dangerous Family, Village of Secrets, and A Train in Winter, as well as Human Cargo, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. An acclaimed biographer, she has written for the New York Review of Books, The Guardian, and The Independent. She lives in London and Italy.

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Titolo: Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie ...
Casa editrice: Harper Perennial
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
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