| Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France Contributor(s): Moore, Lucy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060825278 ISBN-13: 9780060825270 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: From one of the most exciting young historians at work today, the story of the French Revolution told through the lives of six remarkable women from different strata of French society. 16-page color insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Women - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 944.040 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.39" W x 7.95" (0.98 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ideals of the French Revolution inflamed a longing for liberty and equality within courageous, freethinking women of the era--women who played vital roles in the momentous events that reshaped their nation and the world. In Liberty, Lucy Moore paints a vivid portrait of six extraordinary Frenchwomen from vastly different social and economic backgrounds who helped stoke the fervor and idealism of those years, and who risked everything to make their mark on history. Germaine de Sta l was a wealthy, passionate Parisian intellectual--as consumed by love affairs as she was by politics--who helped write the 1791 Constitution. Th roigne de M ricourt was an unhappy courtesan who fell in love with revolutionary ideals. Exuberant, decadent Th r sia Tallien was a ruthless manipulator instrumental in engineering Robespierre's downfall. Their stories and others provide a fascinating new perspective on one of history's most turbulent epochs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moore, Lucy: - Lucy Moore was born in 1970 and educated in Britain and the United States before reading history at Edinburgh University. She is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed Maharanis. She lives in London. |